European Union
European organization
Also known as: EU, Europäische Union, Union Européenne, Unione Europea
Quick Facts
- Awards And Honors:
- Nobel Prize
- Date:
- November 1, 1993
- Areas Of Involvement:
- economic growth
- economic integration
- euro
- currency
- euro area
News •
Italy's Meloni will test her mettle as EU-US bridge when she meets Trump in Washington
• Apr. 17, 2025, 12:16 PM ET (AP)
European Central Bank cuts interest rates for the seventh time as global trade tensions escalate
• Apr. 17, 2025, 10:05 AM ET (AP)
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• Apr. 16, 2025, 4:01 AM ET (AP)
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• Apr. 15, 2025, 4:33 PM ET (AP)
Russia claims its deadly attack on Ukraine's Sumy targeted military forces as condemnation grows
• Apr. 14, 2025, 6:18 PM ET (AP)
European Union (EU), international organization comprising 27 European countries and governing common economic, social, and security policies. Originally confined to western Europe, the EU undertook a robust expansion into central and eastern Europe in the early 21st century. The EU’s members are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. The United Kingdom, which had been a founding member of the EU, left the organization in 2020. The EU was created by the Maastricht Treaty, which entered ...(100 of 6239 words)
