Outline of the European Union

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the European Union:

The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states, located primarily in Europe. Committed to regional integration, the EU was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community.; With about 445 million citizens, the EU generates an estimated 30% share (US$18.4 trillion in 2008) of the nominal gross world product. The EU has seven principal decision-making bodies known as the Institutions of the European Union, while the adoption of laws and coordination of EU policies is the role of the Council of the European Union which currently meets in ten different configurations.

Origins History of the European Union Ideas of European unity before 1945 History of the European Coal and Steel Community (1945–57) History of the European Communities (1958–72) History of the European Communities (1973–93) History of the European Union (1993–2004) History of the European Union since 2004 European Communities European Economic Community European Coal and Steel Community European Atomic Energy Community Single market, Trade bloc and Value-added tax Subsidiarity See treaties below

Identity Symbols of Europe, symbols of the European Union Flag of Europe Anthem of Europe Europe Day

Structures

Members Member states Dependent Territories of Member States Enlargement Withdrawal Institutions European Commission European Parliament Council of the European Union Court of Justice of the European Union European Court of Auditors European Central Bank European Council Other bodies European Committee of the Regions European Economic and Social Committee European System of Central Banks European Investment Bank European Investment Fund Agencies of the European Union European Ombudsman European External Action Service Related Organisations European Free Trade Association European Economic Area Western European Union (1954-2011)

Law and policy Treaties of the European Union – Founding and amending treaties (primary legislation) Treaty of Paris (1951) Treaty of Rome (1957) Merger Treaty (1965) Single European Act (1986) Maastricht Treaty (1992) Amsterdam Treaty (1997) Treaty of Nice (2001) Treaty of Accession 2003 Treaty of Accession 2005 Treaty of Lisbon (2007) Treaty of Accession 2011 Related documents Schengen Agreement Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union EU Policy Areas Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (Euro) European Political Cooperation Common Agricultural Policy Common Fisheries Policy Regional policy of the European Union Trans-European Networks Energy European Union law Acquis communautaire Official Journal of the European Union EU competition law (see also Antitrust, Cartel, Economics, Microeconomics, Perfect competition, Industrial organization, Game theory) Forms of Secondary Legislation Directive Regulation Recommendation Topics of Secondary Legislation Copyright law of the European Union Directives and Regulations of Secondary Legislation: Societas Europaea Protected designation of origin Unitary patent Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data Directive on harmonising the term of copyright protection

Miscellaneous

Economy of the European Union European Neighbourhood Policy European Union statistics Euroscepticism, Europhobe European Union Association Agreement Pro-Europeanism, Europhiles List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits Morocco–European Union relations Sport policies of the European Union United States of Europe Trade war Trade war over genetically modified food Statewatch Supranational union

Outline of the European Union

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