Original sentence: the Schengen area Treaty leading to a common border for all but two  EU states (United Kingdom and Ireland) but which includes three non-EU members - Norway, Switzerland and Iceland.the enlargement of the European Union  to 27 member-states, with the prospect of accepting in the forthcoming years other candidates (Turkey, among others) and taking into account that the Council of Europe has 46 member-states
Edited sentence: the Council of Europe, which has 47 member-states.the Schengen area Treaty leading to a common border for many EU states (it currently excludes Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ireland, Romania and the United Kingdom) but which includes three non-EU members - Norway, Switzerland and Iceland.the enlargement of the European Union to 27 member-states, with the prospect of accepting in the forthcoming years other candidates (Turkey and Iceland among others)