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The European ___MASK64___ ( EU ) is a political and economic ___MASK64___ of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary ___MASK64___ was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . Ireland , also described as the ___MASK6___ of Ireland ('), is a sovereign state in north - western Europe occupying about five - sixths of the island of Ireland . The capital and largest city is Dublin , which is located on the eastern part of the island , and whose metropolitan area is home to around a third of the country ' s 4 . 75 million inhabitants . The state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland , a part of the United Kingdom . It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the Celtic Sea to the south , Saint George ' s Channel to the south - east , and the Irish Sea to the east . It is a unitary , parliamentary ___MASK6___ . The legislature , the ', consists of a lower house , ', an upper house , ', and an elected President (') who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state , but with some important powers and duties . The head of government is the ' ( Prime Minister , literally ' Chief ', a title not used in English ), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by the President , and appoints other government ministers . New Labour refers to a period in the history of the British ___MASK33___ from the mid - 1990s to the early 2010s , under leaders Tony Blair and Gordon Brown . The name dates from a conference slogan first used by the party in 1994 which was later seen in a draft manifesto published in 1996 , called " New Labour , New Life for Britain ". It was presented as the brand of a newly reformed party that had altered Clause IV and endorsed market economics . The branding was extensively used while the party was in government , between 1997 and 2010 . New Labour won landslide election victories in 1997 and 2001 , and won again in 2005 . In 2007 , Blair resigned as the party ' s leader and was succeeded by Gordon Brown . Labour lost the 2010 general election , which resulted in a hung parliament and led to the creation of a Conservative  ___MASK12___ Democrat coalition government ; Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister , and as Labour leader shortly thereafter . He was succeeded by Ed Miliband after that year ' s leadership election . The Socialist Campaign Group is a left - wing , democratic socialist grouping of ___MASK33___ Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom . It was formed in December 1982 as an alternative Parliamentary left - wing group to the Tribune Group . The Campaign Group , as it is commonly known , is often considered on the hard left of the ___MASK33___ and has been highly critical of New Labour . The Kingdom of Great Britain , officially Great Britain , was a sovereign state in western Europe from 1 May 1707 to 31 December 1800 . The state came into being following the Treaty of ___MASK64___ in 1706 , ratified by the Acts of ___MASK64___ 1707 , which united the kingdoms of England and Scotland to form a single kingdom encompassing the whole island of Great Britain and its outlying islands . It did not include Ireland , which remained a separate realm . The unitary state was governed by a single parliament and government that was based in Westminster . The former kingdoms had been in personal ___MASK64___ since James VI , King of Scots , became King of England and King of Ireland in 1603 following the death of Queen Elizabeth I , bringing about a " ___MASK64___ of the Crowns ". Also after the accession of George I to the throne of Great Britain in 1714 , the kingdom was in a personal ___MASK64___ with the Electorate of Hanover . William Michie ( born 24 November 1935 ) is a politician in the United Kingdom . He was Labour Member of Parliament for Sheffield Heeley from 1983 to 2001 , when he stood down . He was a member of the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs . Northern Ireland (; Ulster Scots : "") is a top - level constituent unit of the United Kingdom in the northeast of Ireland . It is variously described as a country , province , region , or " part " of the United Kingdom , amongst other terms . Northern Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the ___MASK6___ of Ireland . In 2011 , its population was 1 , 810 , 863 , constituting about 30 % of the island ' s total population and about 3 % of the UK ' s population . Established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 as part of the Good Friday Agreement , the Northern Ireland Assembly holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters , while other areas are reserved for the British government . Northern Ireland co - operates with the ___MASK6___ of Ireland in some areas , and the Agreement granted the ___MASK6___ the ability to " put ___MASK80___ views and proposals " with " determined efforts to resolve disagreements between the two governments ". The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe ___MASK6___ of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European ___MASK64___ .