Political map of Europe

"Alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Europe.
Eastern Europe: Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine.
Northern Europe: Åland Islands, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Guernsey, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, United Kingdom.
Southern Europe: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Vatican City.
Western Europe: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Switzerland." [United Nations geoscheme for Europe. Wikipedia]
The example "Political map of Europe" illustrated with European state flags was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Continent Maps solution from the Maps area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

A map showing European membership of the EU and NATO.
"The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe.
The EU operates through a system of supranational independent institutions and intergovernmental negotiated decisions by the member states. Institutions of the EU include the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank, the Court of Auditors, and the European Parliament. The European Parliament is elected every five years by EU citizens. The EU's de facto capital is Brussels." [European Union. Wikipedia]
"The principal military alliance in Europe remains NATO, which includes 21 of all EU member states as well as other non-EU European countries, Turkey, the United States and Canada." [Military of the European Union. Wikipedia]
"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), also called the (North) Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. NATO's headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, one of the 28 member states across North America and Europe, the newest of which, Albania and Croatia, joined in April 2009." [NATO. Wikipedia]
This Europe map example was redesigned using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software from the Wikimedia Commons file: EU and NATO.svg.
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The Europe political map example "European membership of the EU and NATO map" is included in the Continent Maps solution from the Maps area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

"The 2013 enlargement of the European Union saw Croatia join the European Union as their 28th member state on 1 July 2013.
Croatia is the second former Yugoslav republic to join the European Union after a decade-long negotiation process. The country applied for EU membership in 2003, and the European Commission recommended making it an official candidate in early 2004. Candidate country status was granted to Croatia by the European Council in mid-2004. The entry negotiations, while originally set for March 2005, began in October that year together with the screening process." [2013 enlargement of the European Union. Wikipedia]
This Europe map example was redesigned using ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software from the Wikimedia Commons file: EU28-candidate countries map.svg.
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The Europe political map example "EU 28: Candidate countries map" is included in the Continent Maps solution from the Maps area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Use this template of Europe map with contours of European countries, capitals and main cities to design your political or thematic map.
This Europe map template for the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software is included in the Continent Maps solution from the Maps area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

"A thematic map is a map that focuses on a specific theme or subject area, whereas in a general map the variety of phenomena - geological, geographical, political - regularly appear together. The contrast between them lies in the fact that thematic maps use the base data, such as coastlines, boundaries and places, only as points of reference for the phenomenon being mapped. General maps portray the base data, such as landforms, lines of transportation, settlements, and political boundaries, for their own sake." [Thematic map. Wikipedia]
The template "Europe thematic map" for the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software is included in the Spatial Infographics solution from the area "What is Infographics" of ConceptDraw Solution Park.