Outline of the European Union

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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 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Origins of the EU

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

[edit] Identity of the EU and its members

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

[edit] 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
     • Barroso Commission
     • Prodi Commission
     • Santer Commission
     • Delors 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 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) (To become an official institution in 2009 if the Treaty of Lisbon is ratified)
   • European Council (To become an official institution in 2009 if the Treaty of Lisbon is ratified)
   • European System of Central Banks
   • European Investment Bank
   • European Investment Fund
   • Agencies of the European Union
   • European Ombudsman
4. Related Organisations
   • EFTA
   • European Economic Area (EEA)
   • Western European Union

[edit] EU law and policy

1. Three pillars of the European Union
   • 1st: European Communities (EC)
   • 2nd: Common Foreign and Security Policy
   • 3rd: Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters
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
   • Treaty of Accession 2005
   • 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 of the European Union (Euro)
   • European Political Cooperation
   • Common Agricultural Policy
   • Common Fisheries Policy
   • Regional policy
   • Trans-European Networks
   • Energy
4. EU law
   • Acquis Communautaire
   • Official Journal of the European Union
   • 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

[edit] Organizations analogous to the EU

• African Union
• Union of South American Nations

[edit] Miscellaneous

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

[edit] See also

• Outline of Europe
• Member organization of the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
• Outline of Austria
• Outline of Belgium
• Outline of Bulgaria
• Outline of Cyprus
• Outline of Czechia
• Outline of Denmark
• Outline of Estonia
• Outline of Finland
• Outline of France
• Outline of Germany
• Outline of Greece
• Outline of Hungary
• Outline 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
• Outline of the United Kingdom

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Eu law blog
• ECJBlog.com, blog with daily news about the European Court of Justice
• History and institutions of the united Europe since 1945 - Videos, photos, interactive maps European NAvigator
• Europa InSitu - Blog Platform sponsored by the European Parliament where elected Members of the European Parliament and civil servants of EU Institutions can host their own blogs and publish freely and anonymously

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