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A transparent Union at your service The website of the European Union europa.eu One and a half million documents available to the public Europe Direct contact centre Answers your questions: 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 Europe Direct Information Centres 500 EU Info Points across the EU European Union Documents Access to internal documents upon request The European Ombudsman Deals with complaints over EU administration Emily O’Reilly, the EU ombudsman

GDP per inhabitant: the spread of wealth Lithuania 2012 GDP per inhabitant Index where the average of the 28 EU-countries is 100 Luxembourg Ireland Netherlands Austria Denmark Belgium Sweden Finland Germany France Italy Spain EU-28 Cyprus Greece Slovenia Malta Portugal Estonia Hungary Slovakia Latvia Poland Romania Bulgaria United Kingdom Czech Republic Croatia

The EU – a major trading power % of global exports, goods, 2012 Others 55% EU 15% United States 11% Japan 5% China 14% % of global exports, services, 2012 Others 42% EU 25% United States 18% Japan 4% China 6% India 5%

Civil servants working for the EU 4Permanent civil servants 4Selected by open competitions 4Come from all EU countries 4Salaries decided by law 4EU administration costs €15 per EU citizen per year 4EU staff will be reduced by 5% between 2013-17 Commission employs about 23 000 permanent civil servants and 11 000 temporary or contract workers Other EU institutions: about 10 000 employed