European Union

European Union appears in roughly 1,092 monitored articles per day as of August 20, 2026. Mentions are down 21.9% week-over-week. The tone of that coverage averages -0.88 — mildly negative.

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. A supranational union with a total area of 4,233,255 km2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated population of just under 452 million as of 2026, its member states generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around €18.802 trillion in 2025, accounting for approximately one sixth of global economic output. The EU is often described as a sui generis political entity combining characteristics of both a federation and a confederation.

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Also covered as: EU · Wikidata

Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Articles / day
1,092
mentioning this entity
Week over week
-21.9%
7-day mean vs prior
Tone
-0.88
mildly negative

Coverage volume, last 90 days

European Union mentions per day: 91 days, latest 1092.00 on 2026-08-200.001250025000May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

European Union coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.88 on 2026-08-20+20-2May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily Wikipedia pageviews for European Union: 89 days, latest 4782.00 on 2026-08-180.00500010000May 22Jun 6Jun 21Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 18

Daily human pageviews of the entity's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage above measures what the press SUPPLIES; this measures what readers DEMAND — divergence between the two is its own signal.

Mentions counted via a quoted-name query against the GDELT DOC API, aggregated to UTC days — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).