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European Union

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English

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Member states of the European Union (in green)

Etymology

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Formed asEuropean +Union, in the sense of the resistance group, after theGermanEuropäische Union.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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theEuropeanUnion

  1. Asupranationalorganisation, consisting of 27 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations ofEurope into closereconomic andpoliticalconnection.
    • 1992,Maastricht Treaty:
      ...IN VIEW of further steps to be taken in order to advance European integration,
      HAVE DECIDED to establish aEuropean Union and to this end have designated as their plenipotentiaries...
    • 1996,John Major,EU Beef Ban and the Florence European Council:
      The issue will now be dealt with on a proper, rational basis, with the timetable for the lifting of the ban dependent on our own efforts. That has enabled the restoration of normal business in theEuropean Union.
    • 2022 June 17, “Greeted as a 'great friend', Johnson meets Zelensky on second Ukraine trip”, inFrance 24‎[1], archived fromthe original on18 June 2022:
      7:09pm: Putin says he has 'nothing against' Ukraine joining EU
      Russia has "nothing against" Ukraine's possible membership of theEuropean Union, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after the European Commission recommended granting Kyiv candidate status of the 27-member bloc.
    • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:European Union.
  2. (historical) Anantifascist resistance group active during Germany’sNazi era.

Synonyms

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  • (European supranational organisation):EU(initialism),EUSSR(derogatory)

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Translations

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European supranational organisation
Nazi-era antifascist resistance group

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