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The Council of Europe is the continent's oldest political organisation, founded in 1949. It: • groups together 46 countries, including 21 countries from Central and Eastern Europe, • has application from two more countries (Belarus and Montenegro), • has granted observer status to 5 more countries (the Holy See, the United States, Canada, Japan and Mexico), • is distinct from the 25-nation European Union, but no country has ever joined the Union without first belonging to the Council of Europe, • has its headquarters in Strasbourg, in north-eastern France. |
| European
Union |
| The European Investment Bank |
| Council
of Europe |
| Origins and membership |
| Aims |
| Political aims |
| How it works |
| Ordinary budget |
| Some practical achievements |
| The pan-European dimension |
