What's the difference between Northern Europe and the European Union?

NATO and the European Union include the United States, Britain and France respectively; Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria and other countries.

1. NATO members include

the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Albania.

2. EU member States include

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Romania, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

3. Differences between NATO and EU

NATO is a military organization established by western countries headed by the United States, with 28 NATO member countries. The EU is a regional integration organization with political and economic entities, which has important influence in the world. The EU member countries are limited to European countries.