European Union

English thumb|right|240px|Member states of the European Union (in green) Etymology Formed as en European union, in the sense of the resistance group, after the en de Europäische Union 1. Pronunciation en /ˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən ˈjuːnjən/ /ˌjɔːɹəˈpiːən ˈjuːnjən/ RP en /ˌjʊɹəˈpiən ˈjunjən/ /ˌjɝɹəˈpi.ən ˈjunjən/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-European Union.wav Southern England en En-the European Union.oga Proper noun European union 1 EU en Q458 en European Union Organizations A supranational organisation, consisting of 27 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into closer economic and political connection. en EU<id:Q458><qq:initialism> mul:EU<id:Q458><qq:translingual symbol> EUSSR<qq:derogatory, anti-union> en Europe en available at list of member states en 1992 w:Maastricht Treaty IN VIEW of further steps to be taken in order to advance European integration,HAVE DECIDED to establish a European Union and to this end have designated as their plenipotentiaries en 1996 w: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 the European Union. en Frank Jacobs Welcome to Stanistan w:Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/07/01/welcome-to-stanistan/ 2014-07-01 At a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into existence. An EEU modeled on the European Union was first mooted back in 1994 by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but took off only after his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, seized upon its potential as a Moscow-centered, Asia-oriented alternative to the EU. https://web.archive.org/web/20251021010603/https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/07/01/welcome-to-stanistan/ 21 October 2025 en 2022-06-17 Greeted as a 'great friend', Johnson meets Zelensky on second Ukraine trip https://web.archive.org/web/20220618110422/https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220617-live-european-commission-to-give-opinion-on-ukraine-s-bid-to-join-eu 18 June 2022 w:France 24 7:09pm: Putin says he has 'nothing against' Ukraine joining EURussia has "nothing against" Ukraine's possible membership of the European Union, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after the European Commission recommended granting Kyiv candidate status of the 27-member bloc. en Kevin Liptak With stiff tariffs he promised now in place, Trump opens a new trade war w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/politics/tariffs-trump-campaign-promise 2025-02-01 Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday. https://web.archive.org/web/20251121094734/https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/politics/tariffs-trump-campaign-promise 21 November 2025 en en Q319328 en historical uncommon A socialist antifascist resistance group active in Nazi Germany in the early 1940s. en 2026 on w:Ibram X. Kendi Chain of Ideas: Great Replacement Theory and the Origins of Our Authoritarian Age Random House 9781529988499 40 https://books.google.com/books?id=m4GOEQAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA40-IA1&dq=%22European+Union%22+Anneliese+Groscurth&hl=&cd=3&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22European%20Union%22%20Anneliese%20Groscurth&f=false To liberate themselves and their fellow Europeans, Robert Havemann and Anneliese and Georg Groscurth founded an anti-Nazi group called the “European Union.” It secretly operated in Berlin in the early 1940s, until the Gestapo crushed it with arrests and executions. Meronyms 6 Member countries en Austria en Belgium en Bulgaria en Croatia en Cyprus en Czechia en Denmark en Estonia en Finland en France en Germany en Greece en Hungary en Ireland en Italy en Latvia en Lithuania en Luxembourg en Malta en Netherlands en Poland en Portugal en Romania en Slovakia en Slovenia en Spain en Sweden Translations Q458 European supranational organisation Abkhaz: ab Европатәи Аидгыла Afrikaans: af Europese Unie Albanian: sq Bashkim Evropian m, sq Bashkimi Evropian m definite Amharic: am አውሮፓ ህብረት Arabic: ar الِٱتِّحَاد الْأُورُوبِيّ m definite Aragonese: an Unión Europea f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܚܘܼܝܵܕܵܐ ܐܹܘܪܘܿܦܵܝܵܐ m Armenian: hy Եվրամիություն, hy Եվրոպական Միություն Asturian: ast Xunión Europea f Azerbaijani: az Avropa İttifaqı, az Avropa Birliyi Cyrillic: az Авропа Иттифагы, az Авропа Бирлији Bashkir: ba Европа берләшмәһе Basque: eu Europar Batasuna Belarusian: be Еўрапе́йскі Саю́з m, be Еўрасаю́з m, be Эўрапе́йскі Зьвяз m dated Bengali: bn ইউরোপীয় ইউনিয়ন iurōpiẏo iuniẏon Breton: br Unaniezh Europa ?, br Unaniezh Europat f Bulgarian: bg Европе́йски съю́з m, bg Евросъю́з m Burmese: my ဥရောပသမဂ္ဂ Buryat: bua Европын холбоо Carpathian Rusyn: rue Евро́пска у́нія f Catalan: ca Unió Europea f Chechen: ce Европан барт Chinese: Cantonese: yue 歐洲聯盟, yue 歐盟 Mandarin: cmn 歐洲聯盟, cmn 歐盟 Chukchi: ckt Европакэн Союз Evropakėn Sojuz Chuvash: cv Европа Пӗрлешӗвӗ Cornish: kw Unyans Europek m Corsican: co Unione Europea f, co Unione Auropea f Crimean Tatar: crh Avropa Birligi Czech: cs Evropská unie f Danish: da Europæiske Union c definite Dutch: nl Europese Unie f Esperanto: eo Eŭropa Unio Estonian: et Euroopa Liit Faroese: fo Evropasamveldið n definite Finnish: fi Euroopan unioni French: fr Union européenne f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Jeropeeske Uny f, fy Europeeske Uny f Galician: gl Unión Europea f Georgian: ka ევროპის კავშირი, ka ევროკავშირი German: de Europäische Union f Greek: el Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση f Ancient Greek: grc Εὐρωπαϊκὴ Ἕνωσις f Gujarati: gu યુરોપિયન યુનિયન Hebrew: he הַאִיחוּד הַאֵירוֹפִּי m ha-ikhúd ha-eirópi Hindi: hi यूरोपीय संघ m Hungarian: hu Európai Unió Icelandic: is Evrópusambandið n definite Ido: io Europana Uniono Indonesian: id Uni Eropa Interlingua: ia Union Europee Irish: ga Aontas Eorpach m an tAontas Eorpach Italian: it Unione Europea f Japanese: ja ヨーロッパ連合 ヨーロッパれんごう, Yōroppa Rengō, ja 欧州連合 おうしゅうれんごう, Ōshū Rengō Kannada: kn ಯುರೋಪಿನ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ Kashubian: csb Eùropejskô Ùnijô Kazakh: kk Еуропа одағы Khmer: km សហភាពអឺរ៉ុប Korean: ko ^유럽 연합(聯合), ko ^유럽 동맹(同盟) North Korea, ko ^유럽 련합(聯合) Yanbian dialect Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Yekîtiya Ewropayê Kyrgyz: ky Европа Биримдиги Lao: lo ສະຫະພາບເອີລົບ, lo ສະຫະພາບເອີຣົບ Latgalian: ltg Eiropys Savīneiba f Latin: la Unio Europaea f Latvian: lv Eiropas Savienība f Lithuanian: lt Europos Sąjunga f Livonian: liv Eirōp Īt Luxembourgish: lb Europäesch Unioun f Macedonian: mk Европска Унија f Malay: ms Kesatuan Eropah Malayalam: ml യൂറോപ്യൻ യൂണിയൻ Maltese: mt Unjoni Ewropea Marathi: mr यूरोपीय संघ m Mingrelian: xmf ევროპაშ რსხუ Mirandese: mwl Ounion Ouropeia f Moksha: mdf Явропонь Соткс Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Европын Холбоо, mn Европын Нэгдэл Nepali: ne युरोपेली संघ Norman: nrf Unnion Ûropéenne f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Den europeiske union m definite Occitan: oc Union Europèa f Ossetian: os Европӕйы Цӕдис Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Европска уния f Pashto: ps اروپایي ټولنه f orupāyi ṭoləna Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira اِتِّحادِیِهٔ اُروپا, fa-ira اِتِّحادِیِهٔ اُروپایی Polish: pl Unia Europejska f Portuguese: pt União Europeia f Romanian: ro Uniunea Europeană f Cyrillic: ro Униуня Еуропянэ f Romansh: rm Uniun europeica f Russian: ru Европе́йский сою́з m, ru Евросою́з m Sami: Northern Sami: se Eurohpá uniovdna Samogitian: sgs Euruopas Sājonga f Sardinian: sc Unione Europea f Scots: sco European Union Scottish Gaelic: gd Aonadh na h-Eòrpa m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Европска унија f, sh Еуропска унија f Latin: sh Evropska unija f, sh Europska unija f Sicilian: scn Uniuni Eurupea f Silesian: szl Ojropejsko Uńijo f Sinhalese: si යුරෝපා සංගමය Slovak: sk Európska únia f Slovene: sl Evropska unija f Somali: so Midowga Yurub Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Europska unija f Upper Sorbian: hsb Europska unija f Spanish: es Unión Europea f Swahili: sw Umoja wa Ulaya Swedish: sv Europeiska unionen c definite Tagalog: tl Unyong Europeo Tajik: tg Иттиҳоди Аврупо, tg Иттиҳодияи Аврупо, tg Иттиҳодияи Аврупоӣ Tamil: ta ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றியம் Tatar: tt Аурупа берлеге Telugu: te ఐరోపా సమాఖ్య Thai: th สหภาพยุโรป Tigrinya: ti ኤውሮጳዊ ሕብረት m Turkish: tr Avrupa Birliği Turkmen: tk Ýewropa Birleşigi Ukrainian: uk Європе́йський Сою́з m, uk Євросою́з m, uk Європе́йська У́нія f Urdu: ur یُورَپی اِتِّحاد m Uyghur: ug ياۋروپا ئىتتىپاقى Uzbek: uz Yevropa Ittifoqi Vietnamese: vi Liên minh châu Âu (vi 聯盟洲歐), vi Liên hiệp châu Âu, vi Liên minh Âu châu dated, vi Liên hiệp châu Âu, vi Liên Âu Volapük: vo Balatam Yuropik, vo Yulopayum Welsh: cy Undeb Ewropeaidd m Yakut: sah Эуропа Холбоһуга Yiddish: yi אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַרבאַנד m, yi אייראָפּעיִשער פֿאַראיין m Zazaki: Southern Zazaki zza Yewina Ewropa, zza Yewiya Ewropa Nazi-era antifascist resistance group German: de Europäische Union f Polish: pl Unia Europejska f Russian: ru Европейский союз m Further reading European Union European Union (resistance group)