Membership. Fifteen member states currently comprise the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
meme (plural memes) 1  Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
Memes are all the rage over the Internet, as people come up with pithy, snappy sayings to ironically, sarcastically, or humorously to make a point. If there's a funny observation you've made in your life, make a meme out of it!