Is that a good thing, being a member country of the EU?
As someone that has lived in the EU all my life I can honestly say...... no.
Britain will be better off out.
I feel sorry for Croatia. Such a beautiful little country joining such a monstrous, corrupt organisation.
With Croatia having joined the EU as its 28th Member State at midnight its time (10pm British time) last night, the EU has grown by 21,859 sq miles to 1,691,658 sq mi (half the size of Canada);
Its population, the third biggest in the world, has grown by 4.3 million to 503.5 million;
And the EU's vast economy, the largest in the world, has grown by US$63.8 billion to $US17.577 trillion, representing a fifth of the entire world's GDP (the US economy is US$15.7 trillion).
A map showing Croatia within the EU
The EU's largest Member State (in terms of population) is Germany, with 82 million people. Its smallest is Malta, with just 400,000 people.
The EU has 24 official languages and its anthem is called
"Ode to Joy", based on the final movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony composed in 1823. The (unelected) EU president is a creepy Belgian called Herman van Rompuy.
The capital of the EU is Brussels....
..... and the EU's largest city is London, which has a metropolitan population of 15 million and which is also home to the EU's tallest building, the Shard...
