Benelux

Region of Europe comprised of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Pronounced benluks, the name is formed from the begginings of each countries names. The Benelux Economic Union was established in 1958 to promote the free movement of workers, capital, services, and goods in the region. Its founding contributed to the founding of the European Union (EU), though the immediate precusors to the EU were founded earlier (1951 and 1957).

The three countries were also founding members of the European Union whose headquarters are in Belgium.