236. How many Member States does the EU have today?

Answer options

1. 21
2. 23
3. 25
4. 27

Explanation

Since the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (Brexit) on 31 January 2020, the EU has 27 Member States. In Germany, European integration is anchored in Article 23 of the Basic Law and is subject to the principles of conferral and the protection of constitutional identity, as articulated by the Federal Constitutional Court in the Lisbon judgment. Enlargement follows the Copenhagen criteria and requires unanimous consent; candidate countries are therefore not counted. Thus, 27 is the legally current number of Member States.