EU (European country code and names list) in PHP array format

eu_country_list.php

<?php
function get_eu_countries() {
  $countries = [];

  $countries['AT'] = ['name' => 'Austria',];
  $countries['BE'] = ['name' => 'Belgium',];
  $countries['BG'] = ['name' => 'Bulgaria',];
  $countries['CY'] = ['name' => 'Cyprus',];
  $countries['CZ'] = ['name' => 'Czech Republic',];
  $countries['DE'] = ['name' => 'Germany',];
  $countries['DK'] = ['name' => 'Denmark',];
  $countries['EE'] = ['name' => 'Estonia',];
  $countries['ES'] = ['name' => 'Spain',];
  $countries['FI'] = ['name' => 'Finland',];
  $countries['FR'] = ['name' => 'France',];
  $countries['GB'] = ['name' => 'United Kingdom',];
  $countries['GR'] = ['name' => 'Greece',];
  $countries['HU'] = ['name' => 'Hungary',];
  $countries['HR'] = ['name' => 'Croatia',];
  $countries['IE'] = ['name' => 'Ireland, Republic of (EIRE)',];
  $countries['IT'] = ['name' => 'Italy',];
  $countries['LT'] = ['name' => 'Lithuania',];
  $countries['LU'] = ['name' => 'Luxembourg',];
  $countries['LV'] = ['name' => 'Latvia',];
  $countries['MT'] = ['name' => 'Malta',];
  $countries['NL'] = ['name' => 'Netherlands',];
  $countries['PL'] = ['name' => 'Poland',];
  $countries['PT'] = ['name' => 'Portugal',];
  $countries['RO'] = ['name' => 'Romania',];
  $countries['SE'] = ['name' => 'Sweden',];
  $countries['SI'] = ['name' => 'Slovenia',];
  $countries['SK'] = ['name' => 'Slovakia',];

  return $countries;
}
?>

Very interesting, thank you!