European Union

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English

European Union members as of 2007

European Union members as of 2007 (smaller scale)

Etymology

From European + Union.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən ˈjuːnjən/

Proper noun

European Union

1. A supranational organisation created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into closer economic and political connection. At the beginning of 2007, 27 member nations were Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
   • 1992, 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...

   • 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 the European Union.

Translations

The European Union

Afrikaans: Europese Unie (af) Albanian: Bashkimi Evropian (sq) Arabic: الإتحاد الأوروبي (ar) (al-ʾittiḥād al-ʾūrūbiyy) m. Armenian: Եվրամիություն (hy) (Evramiut’yun) Azeri: Avropa İttifaqı (az), Авропа Иттифагы (az) Belarusian: Еўрапейскі Саюз (be) (Jeŭrapéjski Sajúz) m., Эўрапейскі Зьвяз  (be) Bengali: ইউরোপীয় ইউনিয়ন (bn) (i'uropiyô i'uniyôn) Breton: Unaniezh Europa Bulgarian: Европейски съюз (bg) (Evropéjski sǎjúz) m. Burmese: ဥရောပ သမဂ္ (my) Catalan: Unió Europea f. Chinese: Mandarin: 歐洲聯盟 (cmn), 欧洲联盟 (cmn) (Ōuzhōu Liánméng) Chuvash: Европа Пĕрлешĕвĕ (Evropa Perleševe) Crimean Tatar: Avropa Birligi Czech: Evropská unie (cs) f. Danish: Europæiske Union (da) Dutch: Europese Unie (nl) f. Esperanto: Eŭropa Unio (eo) Estonian: Euroopa Liit (et) Faroese: Evropasamveldið (fo) n. Finnish: Euroopan unioni (fi) French: Union européenne (fr) f. Galician: Unión Europea (gl) f. Georgian: ევროპის კავშირი (ka) (evropis kavširi) German: Europäische Union (de) f. Greek: Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (el) (Evropaïkí Énosi) f. Hebrew: האיחוד האירופי (he) (ha-ikhud ha-eropi) m. Hindi: यूरोपीय संघ (hi) (yūropīy saṅgh) Hungarian: Európai Unió (hu) Icelandic: Evrópusambandið (is) n. Indonesian: Uni Eropa (id) Interlingua: Union Europee Irish: Aontas Eorpach (ga) Italian: Unione Europea (it) Japanese: 欧州連合 (ja) (おうしゅうれんごう, Ōshū-Rengō), ヨーロッパ連合 (ja) (Yōroppa-Rengō), ＥＵ (ja) Kazakh: Еуропалық одақ (kk) (Ewropalıq odaq), Еуроодақ (kk) (Ewroodaq), ЕО (kk) (e-o), Еуропа Одағы (kk) (Ewropa Odağı)

Khmer: សហភាពអឺរ៉ុប (km) (sa’ha pʰiep ’əɨrop) Korean: 유럽 연합 (ko) (Yureop yeonhap) (유럽 (ko) + -聯合 (ko)) Kyrgyz: Эвропалык Союз (ky) (Evropalıq Soyuz) Latin: Unio Europaea (la) Latvian: Eiropas Savienība (lv) f. Lithuanian: Europos Sąjunga (lt) Luxembourgish: Europäesch Unioun (lb) f. Macedonian: Европска Унија (mk) (Évropska Únija) f. Malay: Kesatuan Eropah (ms) Maltese: Unjoni Ewropea (mt) Nepali: युरोपेली संघ (ne) Norwegian: Europeiske Union (no) Persian: اتحادیه اروپا (fa) (Ettehâdi-ye Orupâ) Polish: Unia Europejska (pl) f. Portuguese: União Europeia (pt) f. Romanian: Uniunea Europeană (ro) f. Romansch: Uniun europeica (rm) f. Russian: Европейский союз (ru) (Jevropéjskij sojúz) m., Евросоюз (ru) (Jevrosojúz) m. Scottish Gaelic: Aonadh na h-Eòrpa (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: Европска унија (sh) f., Evropska unija (sh) f. Silesian: Ojropejsko Uńijo Slovak: Európska únia (sk) f. Slovene: Evropska unija (sl) f. Southern Zazaki: Yewina Ewropa Spanish: Unión Europea (es) f. Swahili: Umoja wa Ulaya (sw) Swedish: Europeiska unionen (sv) Tajik: Иттиҳоди Аврупо (tg) (Ittihodi Avrupo) Thai: สหภาพยุโรป (th) (sà-hà-pâap yú-rôhp) Turkish: Avrupa Birliği (tr) Turkmen: Ýewropa Birleşigi (tk) Ukrainian: Європейський Союз (uk) (Jevropéjs'kyj sojúz) m. Urdu: یورپی اتحاد (ur) (yūropī ittihād) Uzbek: Yevropa Ittifoqi (uz) (İttixodi Avrupo) Vietnamese: liên minh châu Âu (vi) (聯盟洲歐 (vi)) Volapük: Balatam Yuropik (vo), Yulopayum Yakut: Эуропа Холбоhуга (Evropa Xolbohuga) Yiddish: אייראפעישער פארבאנד (yi) (oyropeyser forband)

EU — see EU

See also

• EU