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The Council of Europe (CoE) is an international organisation focused on protecting human rights, democracy, rule of law in Europe and promoting European culture.

Founded in 1949, it has 47 member states, covers approximately 820 million people and operates with an annual budget of approximately half a billion euros.

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

It has an area of, and an estimated population of over 510 million.

The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states.

EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital within the internal market, enact legislation in justice and home affairs, and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries, and regional development.

Within the Schengen Area, passport controls have been abolished.

A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002, and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency.

The European Union (EU) comprises 28 member states.

Each member state is party to the founding treaties of the union and thereby subject to the privileges and obligations of membership.

Unlike members of most international organisations, the member states of the EU are subjected to binding laws in exchange for representation within the common legislative and judicial institutions.

Member states must agree unanimously for the EU to adopt policies concerning defence and foreign affairs.

Subsidiarity is a founding principle of the EU.

Human rights are moral principles or norms, which describe certain standards of human behaviour, and are regularly protected as legal rights in municipal and international law.

They are commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights "to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being," and which are "inherent in all human beings" regardless of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status.

They are applicable everywhere and at every time in the sense of being universal, and they are egalitarian in the sense of being the same for everyone.

They require empathy and the rule of law and impose an obligation on persons to respect the human rights of others.

They should not be taken away except as a result of due process based on specific circumstances; for example, human rights may include freedom from unlawful imprisonment, torture, and execution.

A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth.

Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven regions are commonly regarded as continents.

Ordered from largest in size to smallest, they are: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

In geology, areas of continental crust include regions covered with water.