European Union
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- proper noun
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Unión Europea
- The European Union aims to promote economic cooperation among its member states.
- European Union member states
- European Union membership
- join the European Union
They voted to leave the European Union and embrace the world.
- They voted to leave the European Union and embrace the world.
- Like I say, you had the, the tribes, then the nations, then the European Union and these trading blocs, etcetera.
- You know, the Berlin Wall had come down and we decided that NATO and the European Union would expand ever eastwards.
- It's between the interland of countries Turkey and the European Union sending migrant labour back and forth.
- So I think what has happened on the Balkan shows us how necessary the European Union is still today.
- Ted Heath, the Prime Minister of Britain, who took us into the European what became the European Union, the EEC.
- Donald Trump arguing it's time for the European Union to at least get to par with our funding for Ukraine.
- And then in the European Union, of course, there's this bringing together of countries under centralized control.
- He ended up working for what eventually became the EU, the European Union, as as a bureaucrat because he thought that's where world spirit was headed.
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Certainly it is not in our economic interest to remain within the European Union.
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They voted to leave the European Union and embrace the world.
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If you pull out of the European Union, what are you left with?
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So the European Union is trying to go to net zero.
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The CAP is the largest budget sector of the European Union.
Academic text (2011) -
Their primary objective should be finding their place in the European Union.
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The European Union has become an economic basket case.
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Three political entities currently qualify: the United States, the European Union, and China.
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Environmental pollution in Poland is several times higher than in the European Union countries.
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With other international partners, including the European Union, the United States could support offers to mediate.
Blog text (1)
Synonyms
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A group of European countries that work together on politics and the economy
How United
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning ('an economic and political union of European countries') is directly and compositionally derivable from 'European' (connected with Europe) + 'union' (a political unit formed by merged states), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it. This is a descriptive proper name with clear cross-linguistic equivalents (e.g., Unión Europea, Union Européenne), reinforcing its transparency.
Etymology
The European Union began after World War II when many countries in Europe decided to 'join' to avoid more wars and make trade easier. Think of neighbors making a club to share rules and money: European means the countries of Europe and Union means joining together, so today the term means a group of countries with 'shared rules' and a common economy.