• European Union. See also European Community

Contents

1 Origins of the EU 2 Identity of the EU and its members 3 Structures that comprise the EU 4 EU law and policy 5 Organizations analogous to the EU 6 Miscellaneous

Origins of the EU

• History of the European Union
  • European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
• Euratom
• Single market. See also Trade bloc and Value-added tax
• Subsidiarity

Identity of the EU and its members

• Languages of the European Union
• European flag, European symbols (including motto, day, flag, anthem)

Structures that comprise the EU

1. Members
   • Member States
     • Dependent Territories of Member States
   • Enlargement
2. Institutions
   • European Commission (CEC)
     • President of the European Commission
   • European Parliament (EP)
     • Member of the European Parliament
     • President of the European Parliament
     • European political party
   • Council of the European Union (also named Council of Ministers or just Council)
     • Presidency of the Council of the European Union
     • Qualified Majority Voting (QMV)
     • COREPER
   • European Council
   • European Court of Justice incorporating the Court of First Instance
   • European Court of Auditors
3. Other bodies
   • Committee of the Regions (CoR)
   • Economic and Social Committee (ESC)
   • European Central Bank (ECB)
   • European System of Central Banks
   • European Investment Bank
   • European Investment Fund
   • Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
   • European Environment Agency
   • European Ombudsman
4. Related Organisations
   • EFTA
   • European Economic Area (EEA)
   • Western European Union

EU law and policy

1. Three pillars of the European Union
   • 1st: European Community (EC)
   • 2nd: Common Foreign and Security Policy
   • 3rd: Justice and Home Affairs
2. Treaties of the European Union - Founding and amending treaties (primary legislation)
   • Treaty of Paris (1951)
   • Treaty of Rome (1957)
   • Merger Treaty (1965)
   • Single European Act (1986)
   • Treaty of Maastricht (1992)
   • Treaty of Amsterdam (1997)
   • Treaty of Nice (2001)
   • Treaty of Accession 2003
   • Related documents
     • Schengen treaty
     • Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe
     • Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
3. EU Policy Areas
   • Economic and Monetary Union (Euro)
   • European Political Cooperation
   • Common Agricultural Policy
   • Common Fisheries Policy
   • Regional policy
   • Trans-European Networks
4. EU Law
   • Acquis Communautaire
   • Official Journal of the European Communities
   • EU competition law (see also Antitrust, Cartel, Economics, Microeconomics, Perfect competition, Industrial organization, Game theory)
5. Forms of Secondary Legislation
   • Directive
   • Regulation
   • Recommendation
6. Topics of Secondary Legislation
   • Copyright law of the European Union
7. Directives and Regulations of Secondary Legislation:
   • European Company Statute
   • Protected designation of origin
   • Community Patent
   • Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals
   • Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights
   • Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data
   • Directive on harmonising the term of copyright protection

Organizations analogous to the EU

• African Union
• South American Community of Nations

Miscellaneous

• Economy of the European Union
• European Union Statistics
• Euroscepticism, Europhobe
• Pro-European, Europhiles
• European Union Association Agreement
• Sports in the European Union
• Largest Cities of the European Union by population
• United States of Europe
• Trade war
  • Trade war over genetically modified food
• Statewatch
• Supranational union