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European Union

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community (EC), an economic and political confederation of European nations, and other organizations (with the same member nations) that are responsible for a common foreign and security policy and for cooperation on justice and home affairs. In Dec., 2009, following the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon, the EU officially replaced and succeeded the EC. Twenty-eight countries—Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany (originally West Germany), Great Britain (officially in the process of withdrawing as of 2017), Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden—are full members of the organizations of the EU. The former EC, which formed the core of the EU, originally referred to the group of…
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable
The economic grouping of western European countries that evolved in 1993 from the old European Community (EC), itself incorporating (and alternatively known as) the European Economic Community (EEC), or Common Market, which itself came into being in 1958 following ratification of the Treaty of Rome. …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community (EC), an economic and political confederation of European nations, and other organizations (with the same member nations) that are responsible for a common foreign…
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From Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present Full text Article A-Z Entries
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A regional trade organization made up of twenty-seven European nations. Created in 1992 by the Maastricht Treaty, the European Union (EU) incorporated and expanded earlier regional economic agreements. In 1951, the Treaty of Paris created the European Coal and Steel Community, while the Rome…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Political and economic grouping, comprising 27 countries (in 2012) and a population of over 503 million. The six original members – Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands – were joined by the United Kingdom, Denmark, and the Republic of Ireland in 1973, Greece in…
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From The Macquarie Dictionary
an association of European countries originally established as three distinct communities, the European Coal and Steel Community (formed 1951), the European Economic Community (formed 1957) and the European Atomic Energy Community (formed 1957), supervised by a single commission since 1967 when all…
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From Dictionary of Human Resources and Personnel Management
(formerly, the European Economic Community (EEC), the Common Market) a group of European countries linked together by the Treaty of Rome in such a way that trade is more free, people can move from one country to another more freely and people can work more freely in other countries of the group…
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From Dictionary of Leisure, Travel and Tourism
a group of European countries linked together by the Treaty of Rome, basing their cooperation on the four fundamental freedoms of movement: of goods, capital, people and services. Abbr EU comment : The European Community was set up in 1957 and changed its name to the European Union when it adopted…
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From Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
The founding steps toward creating the European Union (EU) took place in 1950 when on May 9 French foreign minister Robert Schuman proposed creating an international organization to coordinate the production of coal and steel. France and Germany had already fought two wars in the 20th century, and…
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From The Oxford Companion to International Relations
The European Union (EU) is the most recent name for the institutions of European integration. After World War II, Europe needed new beginnings. Its countries were broke, destroyed, vulnerable, divided, and sometimes occupied militarily. The power of the United States in the Cold War and Europe's…
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The European Union (EU), founded with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, represents a major project of economic and political integration between an ever-growing group of European countries. The EU quickly became the world's major trading power and enjoyed fast economic growth. Free…
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