European Union
Brussels-based federation
The European Union is a political and economic alliance of European nations sharing common institutions, policies, and in many cases a single currency (the euro).
Member states coordinate on trade, migration, environmental standards, and foreign policy while retaining national sovereignty in other matters.
Often abbreviated EU: The EU imposed new tariffs on imports.
Shared continental currency
- monetary policyCentral bank economic controls
- coinsMetal money units
- centHundredth of a dollar
- exchange rateCurrency conversion value
stability · inflation · denomination · single currency · adoption
Integrated trading bloc
- free movementUnrestricted ability to travel
- harmonizationCreating consistency across systems
- enlargementIncrease in size
- accessionAttainment of high office
acquis communautaire · convergence · supranationalism · federalism · subsidiarity · opt-out · spillover · Europeanization
Negotiation between nations
- foreign policyInternational relations strategy
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- trade agreementsFormal accords on commerce
- development aidSupport for emerging nations
partnership · summit · G7 · NATO · transatlantic · bilateral · external relations · peacekeeping
Official enactment of statutes
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- decisionSettled course of action
- policyAdopted principle of action
democracy · elections · voting · unanimity · subsidiarity · accountability · referendum · Brexit
National legislative assembly
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- BrusselsBelgian capital
- StrasbourgAlsatian regional capital
Luxembourg · presidency · commissioner · MEP · bureaucracy · directorate · agency · ombudsman
Multiple language proficiency
- member statesCountries within a union
- nationalitiesOfficial country memberships
- cultural heritageInherited collective traditions
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
motto · unity in diversity · regionalism · minorities · traditions · cuisines · folklore · identity
Dutch border city
- LisbonPortugal's largest city
- RomeItaly's capital city
- AmsterdamCapital of Netherlands
- NiceSoutheastern French seaside city
Treaty of Paris · ratification · revision · protocol · annexes · preamble · consolidation
euro
Shared continental currency
- monetary policyCentral bank economic controls
- coinsMetal money units
- centHundredth of a dollar
exchange rate · stability · inflation · denomination · single currency · adoption
single market
Integrated trading bloc
- free movementUnrestricted ability to travel
- harmonizationCreating consistency across systems
- enlargementIncrease in size
accession · acquis communautaire · convergence · supranationalism · federalism · subsidiarity · opt-out · spillover · Europeanization · cross-border
diplomacy
Negotiation between nations
- foreign policyInternational relations strategy
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- trade agreementsFormal accords on commerce
development aid · partnership · summit · G7 · NATO · transatlantic · bilateral · external relations · peacekeeping · humanitarian
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- decisionSettled course of action
policy · democracy · elections · voting · unanimity · subsidiarity · accountability · referendum · Brexit · veto
parliament
National legislative assembly
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- BrusselsBelgian capital
Strasbourg · Luxembourg · presidency · commissioner · MEP · bureaucracy · directorate · agency · ombudsman · committee
multilingualism
Multiple language proficiency
- member statesCountries within a union
- nationalitiesOfficial country memberships
- cultural heritageInherited collective traditions
pluralism · motto · unity in diversity · regionalism · minorities · traditions · cuisines · folklore · identity · flag
Maastricht
Dutch border city
Nice · Treaty of Paris · ratification · revision · protocol · annexes · preamble · consolidation
- International BodiesUN, United Nations, EU, NATO, IMF
- EUAustria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus
- German PoliticsBundesrat, CSU, Nazi Party, Greens, federal republic
- 20th Century EuropeWorld War I, interwar, Nazi Germany, Holocaust, Berlin Wall
- Economic OrganizationsIMF, World Bank, OECD, WTO, central bank
- European BodiesEU, Europol, ERA
European UnionBrexit
UK leaving European Union
Balkanization · disintegration · fragmentation · Euroscepticism · separatism
European Unionisolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
protectionism · autarky · unilateralism · economic nationalism · America First
European UnionSoviet Union
Former communist superstate
USSR · Warsaw Pact · authoritarian regime · one-party state · dictatorship
union, Europe, Eurocentrism, European, Eurozone, Europop, Eurocentric, Europeanized