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Outline of the European Union

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Outline of the European Union

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

Contents

The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 28 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 500 million citizens, the EU combined generates an estimated 30% share (US$18.4 trillion in 2008) of the nominal gross world product.

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 (ECSC)
  • European Atomic Energy Community
  • Single market. See also Trade bloc and Value-added tax
  • Subsidiarity
  • See treaties below

    • Identity

  • Symbols of Europe
  • Flag of Europe
  • Anthem of Europe
  • Europe Day

    • Structures

    1. Members
    2. Member States
    3. Dependent Territories of Member States
    4. Enlargement
    5. Institutions
    6. European Commission
    7. President of the European Commission
    8. Barroso Commission
    9. Prodi Commission
    10. Santer Commission
    11. Delors Commission
    12. Thorn Commission
    13. Jenkins Commission
    14. Ortoli Commission
    15. Mansholt Commission
    16. Malfatti Commission
    17. Rey Commission
    18. Hallstein Commission
    19. European Civil Service
    20. European Parliament
    21. Member of the European Parliament
    22. President of the European Parliament
    23. European political party
    24. Political groups of the European Parliament
    25. Elections to the European Parliament
    26. Committees of the European Parliament
    27. Council of the European Union (also named Council of Ministers or just Council)
    28. Presidency of the Council of the European Union
    29. Voting in the Council of the European Union
    30. Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER)
    31. Court of Justice of the European Union
    32. European Court of Justice
    33. General Court (European Union)
    34. List of members
    35. List of European Court of Justice rulings
    36. European Court of Auditors
    37. European Central Bank (ECB)
    38. European Council
    39. Other bodies
    40. European Committee of the Regions (CoR)
    41. European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
    42. European System of Central Banks
    43. European Investment Bank
    44. European Investment Fund
    45. Agencies of the European Union
    46. European Ombudsman
    47. European External Action Service
    48. Related Organisations
    49. European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
    50. European Economic Area (EEA)
    51. Western European Union (WEU)

    Law and policy

    1. Treaties of the European Union – Founding and amending treaties (primary legislation)
    2. Treaty of Paris (1951)
    3. Treaty of Rome (1957)
    4. Merger Treaty (1965)
    5. Single European Act (1986)
    6. Maastricht Treaty (1992)
    7. Amsterdam Treaty (1997)
    8. Treaty of Nice (2001)
    9. Treaty of Accession 2003
    10. Treaty of Accession 2005
    11. Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
    12. Treaty of Accession 2011
    13. Related documents
    14. Schengen Agreement
    15. Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
    16. Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
    17. EU Policy Areas
    18. Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (Euro)
    19. European Political Cooperation
    20. Common Agricultural Policy
    21. Common Fisheries Policy
    22. Regional policy of the European Union
    23. Trans-European Networks
    24. Energy
    25. European Union law
    26. Acquis communautaire
    27. Official Journal of the European Union
    28. EU competition law (see also Antitrust, Cartel, Economics, Microeconomics, Perfect competition, Industrial organization, Game theory)
    29. Forms of Secondary Legislation
    30. Directive
    31. Regulation
    32. Recommendation
    33. Topics of Secondary Legislation
    34. Copyright law of the European Union
    35. Directives and Regulations of Secondary Legislation:
    36. Societas Europaea
    37. Protected designation of origin
    38. Unitary patent
    39. Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
    40. Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights
    41. Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data
    42. 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

    • References

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