Complex sentence: The European Union at present (2008) constitutes of 27 European states, the organisation is a political Union where each state is technically allowed to conduct their own foreign policy (though a loose joint policy is in place).
Split into simpler sentences: The European Union at present (2008) constitutes 27 European states. The organisation is a political Union where each state is technically allowed to conduct their own foreign policy (though a loose joint policy is in place).