European Union

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customs union international organization political and economic union single market supranational organization

The European Union is a political and economic union of European countries that collectively form one of the world’s largest single markets and play a major role in global diplomacy and governance.

Aliases (16)

European Community ×5
European Union (through Poland) ×2
European Union Member States ×2
EU ×1
Europe ×1
European Communities ×1
European Single Market ×1
European Union (as part of Portugal) ×1
European Union (de jure, via Republic of Cyprus) ×1
European Union (most member states) ×1
European Union (partly) ×1
European Union (politically) ×1
European Union (some states) ×1
European Union (through Italy) ×1
European Union identity ×1
Европейский союз ×1

Statements (108)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	customs union → international organization → political and economic union → single market → supranational organization →
countryCount	27 member states →
currencyCode	EUR →
dateFounded	1993-11-01 →
foundedByTreaty	Treaty on European Union →
hasAdvisoryBody	Committee of the Regions → European Economic and Social Committee →
hasAnthem	Ode to Joy →
hasAreaApprox	4.2 million square kilometres →
hasCapital	Brussels →
hasCentralBank	European Central Bank →
hasCouncil	European Council →
hasExecutiveBody	European Commission →
hasFlagDescription	circle of twelve gold stars on a blue field →
hasFormerMember	United Kingdom →
hasInstitutionSeat	Brussels → Luxembourg City → Strasbourg →
hasJudicialBody	Court of Justice of the European Union →
hasLegislativeBody	Council of the European Union → European Parliament →
hasMember	Austria → Belgium → Bulgaria → Croatia → Cyprus → Czech Republic → Denmark → Estonia → Finland → France → Germany → Greece → Hungary → Ireland → Italy → Latvia → Lithuania → Luxembourg → Malta → Netherlands → Poland → Portugal → Romania → Slovakia → Slovenia → Spain → Sweden →
hasMotto	United in diversity →
hasOfficialLanguage	Bulgarian → Croatian → Czech → Danish → Dutch → English → Estonian → Finnish → French → German → Greek → Hungarian → Irish → Italian → Latvian → Lithuanian → Maltese → Polish → Portuguese → Romanian → Slovak → Slovene → Spanish → Swedish →
hasPolicyArea	agricultural policy → climate policy → cohesion policy → common commercial policy → common foreign and security policy → competition policy → consumer protection → customs union → development cooperation → digital single market → energy policy → environmental policy → fisheries policy → justice and home affairs → single market → trade policy → transport policy →
hasPoliticalCenter	Brussels →
hasPopulationApprox	450 million →
hasPredecessor	European Communities → European Economic Community →
isMajorSingleMarket	true →
legalBasis	Treaty on European Union → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union →
participatesIn	G20 meetings → G7 meetings → World Trade Organization →
playsRoleIn	global diplomacy → global governance →
treatyAlsoKnownAs	Maastricht Treaty →
usesCurrency	euro →

Referenced by (showing first 500 of 641)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Buildings of the European Parliament → Central Flow Management Unit → Committee for Advanced Therapies → Committee for Herbal Medicinal Products → Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products → Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products → Committee of the Regions → Copernicus Programme → Council of Ministers of the European Union → Council of the European Union → Court of Justice of the European Union → Crisis Management and Planning Directorate → Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development → Directorate-General for Budget → Directorate-General for Climate Action → Directorate-General for Communication → Directorate-General for Competition → Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs → Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion → Directorate-General for Energy → Directorate-General for Environment → Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety → Directorate-General for Informatics → Directorate-General for International Partnerships → Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers → Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs → Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport → Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy → Directorate-General for Research and Innovation → Directorate-General for Trade → EIT Director → EIT Governing Board → EIT Manufacturing → EIT Urban Mobility → ERC Executive Agency → ERC Proof of Concept Grant → ERC Scientific Council → ERC Synergy Grant → ERM → Environment Council → Eurojust → European Banking Authority → European Capital of Culture 2016 → European Central Bank → European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control → European Commission → European Commissioner → European Conservatives and Reformists Party → European Council → European Court of Auditors → European Data Protection Supervisor → European Economic and Social Committee → European External Action Service → European Institute of Innovation and Technology → European Institute of Innovation and Technology → European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority → European Investment Bank → European Medicines Agency → European Medicines Agency → European Parliament → European Parliament Security Service → European Regional Development Fund → European Research Area → European Research Council → European Research Council → European System of Central Banks → European United Left–Nordic Green Left → Europol → Foreign Affairs Council → Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation → Galileo satellite navigation system → General Affairs Council → General Secretariat of the Council → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → Legal Service (European Commission) → Paediatric Committee → Petersberg Tasks → President of the Eurogroup → President of the European Commission → President of the European Council → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought → Secretariat-General of the European Commission → Secretary‑General of the European Parliament → Working Group on Maritime Activities →	country
APPF → Agriculture and Fisheries Council → Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations → Board of Governors of the European Investment Bank → CJUE → Civil Service Tribunal → Committee for Advanced Therapies → Committee for Herbal Medicinal Products → Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use → Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products → Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products → Common Agricultural Policy → Crisis Management and Planning Directorate → Directorate-General for Budget → Directorate-General for Climate Action → Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs → Directorate-General for Energy → Directorate-General for Environment → Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security → Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs → Directorate-General for International Partnerships → Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs → Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations → Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy → Directorate-General for Research and Innovation → Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union → Directorate-General for Trade → EASA → EIT Director → EIT Governing Board → ERA Policy Agenda 2022–2024 → ERC Executive Agency → Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council → Eurojust → European Banking Authority → European Commission → European Court of Auditors → European External Action Service → European Institute of Innovation and Technology → European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority → European Medicines Agency → European Medicines Agency → European Parliament → European Regional Development Fund → European Research Council → European Systemic Risk Board → European Union financial regulators → Europol → GDPR → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → Paediatric Committee → President of the European Commission → Protected Designation of Origin → Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 → Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 → Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 → Societas Europaea → Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council →	jurisdiction
Balearic Islands → Belgium → Bulgaria → Croatia → Denmark → Estonia → European Court of Auditors → European Parliament → Finland → French Fifth Republic → French Republic → Germany → Government of Italy → Greece → Hungary → Ireland → Italy → Kingdom of Spain → Kingdom of the Netherlands → Latvia → Lithuania → Luxembourg → Malta → Netherlands → Portugal → Romania → Réunion → Slovakia → Slovenia → Spain → Third Polish Republic →	memberOf
African Union → African Union → Andean Community → Arab League → Black Sea Economic Cooperation → CAN → Caribbean Community → Central European Free Trade Agreement → Community of Latin American and Caribbean States → Council of Europe → Eurocontrol → G5 Sahel → IGAD → International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River → MERCOSUR → NATO Political Affairs and Security Policy Division → OSPAR Commission → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe → Organization of American States → SICA → West African Economic and Monetary Union →	cooperatesWith
Blomberg → Bornholm → Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport → Gran Canaria → Hettange-Grande → Ibiza → Kos → Lefkada → Mallorca → Minorca → Municipality of Olhão → Myślenice ("European Union (through Poland)") → Nowy Targ → Pöcking → Roccasecca ("European Union (through Italy)") → Samos → Santa Maria Island ("European Union (as part of Portugal)") → Simbach am Inn → Skopelos → Île d’Yeu →	belongsTo
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development → Directorate-General for Energy → Directorate-General for Environment → Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety → Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers → Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs → European Capital of Culture 2008 → European Capital of Culture 2016 → European Parliament political groups → European Research Council → European System of Central Banks → Euroscepticism → LERU Policy Committee → Legal Service (European Commission) → Management Committee of the European Investment Bank → President of the European Commission → President of the European Council → Secretary‑General of the European Parliament →	appliesToJurisdiction
EIT Digital → European Banking Authority → European Environment Agency → European Institute of Innovation and Technology → European Institute of Innovation and Technology → European Investment Fund → European Medicines Agency → European Medicines Agency → European Research Area → European Research Council → European Research Council →	foundedBy
APPF → Alpes-Maritimes → Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal → EIT Headquarters → Friesland → Governing Council of the European Central Bank → Landsberg am Lech → NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium → NL21 → National and Kapodistrian University of Athens → Valletta →	locatedIn
ERA Roadmap → Erasmus+ mobility programs ("European Union Member States") → European Employment Strategy → European Research Area → Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Actions → Natura 2000 network → Pact for Research and Innovation in Europe →	geographicalScope
European Academies Science Advisory Council → European Conservatives and Reformists Party → European People’s Party → Honey Science LLC → Official Medicines Control Laboratories network → Party of European Socialists → Union of Polish Metropolises →	operatesIn
Buildings of the European Parliament → Espace Léopold complex → Europa building → European Parliament (Brussels seat) → European Parliament (Strasbourg seat) → Justus Lipsius building → Louise Weiss building (Strasbourg) →	ownedBy
ATV spacecraft → Airbus A318 → Airbus A319 → Airbus A321 → Airbus A380 → Airbus Beluga →	countryOfOrigin
Copernicus Programme → ERC Advanced Grant → ERC Consolidator Grant → Erasmus+ cooperation partnerships → Erasmus+ mobility programs → German Academic Exchange Service →	fundedBy
Akrotiri and Dhekelia → Andorra → Faroe Islands → Monaco → San Marino → Swiss Armed Forces →	notMemberOf
Bulgarian language → French → Greek language → Hungarian language → Modern Greek → Romanian language →	officialLanguageOf
Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products → EUBAM Rafah → EUCAP Sahel Mali → EUMM Georgia → EUNAVFOR Atalanta → EUNAVFOR MED IRINI →	operatedBy
Belgium → France → Italy → Luxembourg → Netherlands →	foundingMemberOf
Arctic Council → Central American Integration System → Pacific Islands Forum → Pacific Islands Forum → Pacific Islands Forum →	hasObserver
Belgian Armed Forces → Czech Army → La Défense → Polish Army →	alliance
.mt → Nasser Kamel → Overseas Countries and Territories Association of the European Union (pre-Brexit via UK) → constitutional patriotism →	associatedWith
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path → Hamas → al-Qaeda →	designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy
CIVIS European University Alliance → EIT Food → Europe 2020 strategy → National Reform Programmes →	geographicScope
Eurozone ("European Single Market") → Herzogenaurach → Weißenburg in Bayern →	isPartOf
April Fools' Day → International Holocaust Remembrance Day → Saint Andrew's Day →	observedIn
Croatian → Italian language → Maltese →	officialStatusIn
Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations → EIT Governing Board → Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council →	parentOrganization
Europe 2020 strategy → Lisbon Strategy →	adoptedBy
EIT Headquarters → MFF UK →	affiliation
European Union competition policy → Regulation (EU) No 1292/2013 →	appliesIn
Northern Ireland Protocol → Petersberg Tasks →	appliesTo
Ansar Dine → Islamic State of Iraq and Syria →	designatedTerroristBy
EUAM Ukraine → Single Supervisory Mechanism →	establishedBy
Schuman Declaration → Treaty of Rome →	foundationFor
ERC Starting Grant → ERC Synergy Grant →	fundingBody
LERU → The Guild →	geographicalFocus
ASEAN Regional Forum → G20 →	hasMember
Nobel Peace Prize → Prince of Asturias Award for Concord →	hasNotableLaureate
Baltic Sea Action Plan → European Union–United States relations →	involves
Finnish language → Spanish →	isOfficialLanguageOf
Arab–Israeli peace process → Russo-Georgian War 2008 →	mediatedBy
G7 → HELCOM →	member
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus →	notRecognizedBy
EUBAM Libya → EUCAP Sahel Niger →	operatingOrganization
EUTM Mali → Galileo satellite navigation system →	operator
Windsor Framework → Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union →	organizationInvolved
Council of the European Union Justus Lipsius building → European Investment Fund →	owner
EULEX Kosovo →	administeredBy
Ode to Joy →	adoptedAsEUanthemBy
Directorate-General for Competition →	appliesJurisdiction
Catherine Lalumière →	areaOfInfluence
European Investment Fund →	areaServed
Belgians →	areCitizensOfMemberStateOf
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 →	associatedOrganization
Take back control →	associatedWithRegion
Wrocław →	awardedBy
Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union →	bindingOn
Ulster Volunteer Force →	classifiedAsTerroristBy
Western Europe →	closelyIntegratedWith
Western European Union →	cooperatedWith
Eastern Partnership countries →	cooperateWith
Ukrainian Armed Forces →	cooperation
Union for the Mediterranean →	cooperationFrameworkWith
MON →	coordinatesDefencePolicyWith
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe →	coordinateWith
Annual Report of the European Central Bank →	countryOfPublication
Embassy of the European Union in Washington, D.C. →	countryRepresented
Treaty on European Union →	created
euro →	createdBy
net neutrality →	debatedIn
Islamic State – Khorasan Province →	designatedAsTerroristBy
ERA Roadmap →	developedBy
Georgians →	diaspora
EEC ("European Community") →	dissolvedOrReplaced
MMU →	drawsStudentsFrom
Central Europe →	economicBloc
Eastern Europe →	economicOrganizationMembership
Western European Summer Time →	endRuleRegion
Saami Council →	engagesWith
Treaty on European Union →	established
European Economic Community →	eventualSuccessor
Marlborough wine region →	exportsTo
Roshen →	exportTo
TikTok →	facedRegulatoryScrutinyIn
Finnish government →	foreignRelationsWith
United Kingdom →	formerMemberOf
Treaty on European Union →	formsConstitutionalBasisOf
European Central Bank →	founder
Eastern Partnership countries →	frameworkEstablishedBy
EIT InnoEnergy →	fundingSource
European inland shipping network →	governedBy
Fampyra →	hasApprovalRegion
Spanish-speaking world →	hasCommonOrganizationLanguage
Union for the Mediterranean →	hasCoPresidency
Kartvelebi →	hasDiaspora
German-speaking Europe →	hasEconomicBloc
European continental shelf →	hasEconomicImportanceFor
United Nations observers →	hasExample
Imbruvica →	hasIndicationRegion
Nordic countries →	hasInternationalOrganizationMembership
Environment Council →	hasJurisdiction
European integration →	hasKeyFramework
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company →	hasMarket
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation →	hasObserverState
Organization of American States →	hasObserverStatusFor
József Antall building →	hasOwner
Danube River Protection Convention →	hasParty
Eurorealism →	hasPoliticalPositionOn
Europe →	hasPoliticalUnion
PTB-PVDA →	hasPositionOn
Syrian Civil War →	hasRefugeeDestination
Büsingen am Hochrhein customs enclave context →	hasSpecialStatusWith
European Audiovisual Observatory →	hasStakeholder
Western Europe →	hasSupranationalInstitution
Northern Europe ("European Union (partly)") →	hasSupranationalMembership
Balkans ("European Union (some states)") →	hasSupranationalOrganizationMembership
Rhine Action Programme →	implementedBy
European Research Area ("European Union Member States") →	implementedIn
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs →	implementsPolicyOf
Union of South American Nations →	inspiredBy
Palestinian government →	interactsWith
Question of Palestine →	involvesActor
Council of Europe →	isDistinctFrom
Slovakia–Germany border →	isInternalBorderOf
Portuguese Third Republic →	isMemberOf
United in diversity →	isMottoOf
Brussels-Capital Region →	isPoliticalCenterOf
Nuremberg gingerbread →	isProtectedIn
Brussels →	isSeatOf
Benelux Union →	isSubregionalGroupOf
Regulation (EU) No 1292/2013 →	issuer
POL →	isUsedBy
German-Czech border →	isWithin
French →	isWorkingLanguageOf
Baltic states →	joinedOrganization
EEC →	keyPrecursorOf
United Kingdom →	leftOrganization
Northwest Passage →	legalStatusDisputeWith
EEC ("European Community") →	legalSuccessor
European Parliament →	legislativeBodyOf
Maasdam →	locatedInUnion
Eurozone crisis →	location
Danube →	longestRiverIn
Economy of Egypt →	mainTradingPartnerRegion
Peruvian economy →	majorExportDestination
2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak →	majorResponseActor
Tunisian economy →	majorTradingPartner
Union for the Mediterranean →	memberIncludes
European Economic Community ("European Communities") →	memberOfLargerStructure
Helsinki Commission →	memberOrganization
Benelux Union →	memberStatesAreMemberOf
Hungary–Austria border →	memberStateSide1
Hungary–Austria border →	memberStateSide2
Western European Union →	memberStatesTransferredFunctionsTo
Eurasian Economic Union →	modeledInPartOn
Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products ("European Community") →	operatedUnder
European Environment Agency →	operatingArea
Helms–Burton Act →	opposedBy
Communist Party of Greece →	opposes
European Capital of Culture 2008 →	organisedBy
Brexit →	organizationWithdrawnFrom
European Capital of Culture 2016 →	organizer
Airbus Voyager →	originCountry
Pecorino Sardo →	PDORegulationScope