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thumb|The [[Flag of Europe]]

thumb|The location of the [[European Union]]

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

The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states, located primarily<!--Please do not remove this. Parts of Spain and France are outside Europe, and the geographical location of Cyprus is not clear. This word has been extensively discussed.--> 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 about 445&nbsp;million citizens, the EU generates an estimated 30% share (US$18.4&nbsp;trillion in 2008) of the nominal gross world product. The EU has seven principal decision-making bodies known as the Institutions of the European Union, while the adoption of laws and coordination of EU policies is the role of the Council of the European Union which currently meets in ten different configurations.

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
  • thumb|Location of the EU and its [[Special member state territories and the European Union|special territories]] European Communities
  • European Economic Community
  • European Coal and Steel Community
  • European Atomic Energy Community
  • Single market, Trade bloc and Value-added tax
  • Subsidiarity
  • See treaties below

Identity

  • Symbols of Europe, symbols of the European Union
  • Flag of Europe
  • Anthem of Europe
  • Europe Day

Structures

  1. Members
  2. Member states
  3. Dependent Territories of Member States
  4. Enlargement
  5. Withdrawal
  6. Institutions
  7. European Commission
  8. European Parliament
  9. Council of the European Union
  10. Court of Justice of the European Union
  11. European Court of Auditors
  12. European Central Bank
  13. European Council
  14. Other bodies
  15. European Committee of the Regions
  16. European Economic and Social Committee
  17. European System of Central Banks
  18. European Investment Bank
  19. European Investment Fund
  20. Agencies of the European Union
  21. European Ombudsman
  22. European External Action Service
  23. Related Organisations
  24. European Free Trade Association
  25. European Economic Area
  26. Western European Union (1954-2011)

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

thumb|A topographic map of Europe

Miscellaneous

thumb|A satellite composite image of Europe

  • 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

See also

European Union

  • G20
  • Outline of Europe
  • Outline of Austria
  • Outline of Belgium
  • Outline of Bulgaria
  • Outline of Croatia
  • Outline of Cyprus
  • Outline of the Czech Republic
  • Outline of Denmark
  • Outline of Estonia
  • Outline of Finland
  • Outline of France
  • Outline of Germany
  • Outline of Greece
  • Outline of Hungary
  • Outline of the Republic of Ireland
  • Outline of Italy
  • Outline of Latvia
  • Outline of Lithuania
  • Outline of Luxembourg
  • Outline of Malta
  • Outline of the Netherlands
  • Outline of Poland
  • Outline of Portugal
  • Outline of Romania
  • Outline of Slovakia
  • Outline of Slovenia
  • Outline of Spain
  • Outline of Sweden

References