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{{Short description|1=Overview of and topical guide to the European Union}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2013}}
[[File:Flag of Europe.svg|thumb|The [[Flag of Europe]]]]
[[File:EU in the World.svg|thumb|The location of the [[European Union]]]]

The following [[Outline (list)|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 in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40415.pdf|title=The Financial Crisis: Impact on and Response by the European Union|access-date=6 July 2009|last=Jackson|first=James K.|date=9 March 2009|publisher=Federation of American Scientists: Congressional Research Service|page=28|quote=The European Union is a political and economic union of 27 member states, formally established in 1993 by the Treaty of Maastricht out of existing structures that had evolved in steps since the 1950s.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.franceonu.org/spip.php?rubrique764 |title=What is the European Union? |access-date=6 July 2009 |author=Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations |quote=Europe is a geographical and cultural notion. The European Union is a political and economic union among 27 States on the European continent |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303205301/http://www.franceonu.org/spip.php?rubrique764 |archive-date=3 March 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bundesregierung.de/nn_6564/Content/EN/Pressemitteilungen/BPA/2006/11/2006-11-05-eu-ratspraesidentschaft__en.html|title=Cabinet statement on German EU Presidency|access-date=6 July 2009|date=5 November 2006|work=Regierung Online|publisher=Press and Information Office of the [German] Federal Government|quote=The European Union is a political union...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224220807/http://www.bundesregierung.de/nn_6564/Content/EN/Pressemitteilungen/BPA/2006/11/2006-11-05-eu-ratspraesidentschaft__en.html|archive-date=24 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Oxford">{{citation|contribution=European Union|title=New Oxford Dictionary of English|year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, UK|isbn=0-19-860441-6|page=635|postscript=:"an economic and political association of certain European countries as a unit with internal free trade and common external tariffs...."}}</ref> Committed to [[European integration|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]].<ref name="EU1993">{{cite book |last=Craig |first=Paul |author2=Grainne De Burca |author3=P. P. Craig |title=EU Law: Text, Cases and Materials |edition=4th |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-927389-8 |pages=15 }}; {{cite web |title=Treaty of Maastricht on European Union |url=http://europa.eu/scadplus/treaties/maastricht_en.htm |work=Activities of the European Union |publisher=Europa web portal |access-date=20 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021040202/http://europa.eu/scadplus/treaties/maastricht_en.htm |archive-date=21 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> With about 445 million citizens, the EU generates an estimated 30% share (US$18.4 trillion in 2008) of the nominal [[gross world product]].<ref name="GDP IMF">{{cite web |url= http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2007&ey=2009&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=001%2C998&s=NGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPSH&grp=1&a=1&pr.x=50&pr.y=9| access-date=24 April 2009| date=April 2009 |title=World Economic Outlook Database, April 2009 Edition| publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]] |
quote= Gross domestic product, current prices; US dollars, Billions; 2007 = 16,927.173 2008=18,394.115 2009=15,342.908 [projection] Gross domestic product based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) valuation of country GDP; Current international dollar, Billions; 2007 = 14,762.109 2008 = 15,247.163 2009 = 14,774.525 [projection] GDP based on PPP share of world total 2007 = 22.605% 2008 = 22.131% 2009 = 21.609% [projection] World "GDP", current prices; US dollars, Billions; 2007 = 54,840.873 2008= 60,689.812 2009= 54,863.551 [projection] These data were published in 2009. Data for 2009 are projections based on a number of assumptions. }}</ref> 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.

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==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]]
* [[File:Special member state territories and the European Union.svg|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==
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# '''Members'''
#* [[Member state of the European Union|Member states]]
#** [[Special member state territories and the European Union|Dependent Territories of Member States]]
#* [[Enlargement of the European Union|Enlargement]]
#* [[Withdrawal from the European Union|Withdrawal]]
# [[Institutions of the European Union|Institutions]]
#* [[European Commission]]
#* [[European Parliament]]
#* [[Council of the European Union]]
#* [[Court of Justice of the European Union]]
#* [[European Court of Auditors]]
#* [[European Central Bank]]
#* [[European Council]]
# '''Other bodies'''
#* [[European Committee of the Regions]]
#* [[European Economic and Social Committee]]
#* [[European System of Central Banks]]
#* [[European Investment Bank]]
#* [[European Investment Fund]]
#* [[Agencies of the European Union]]
#* [[European Ombudsman]]
#* [[European External Action Service]]
# '''Related Organisations'''
#* [[European Free Trade Association]]
#* [[European Economic Area]]
#* [[Western European Union]] (1954-2011)

==Law and policy==
# [[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)
#* [[Maastricht Treaty]] (1992)
#* [[Amsterdam Treaty]] (1997)
#* [[Treaty of Nice]] (2001)
#* [[Treaty of Accession 2003]]
#* [[Treaty of Accession 2005]]
#* [[Treaty of Lisbon]] (2007)
#* [[Treaty of Accession 2011]]
#* Related documents
#** [[Schengen Agreement]]
#** [[Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe]]
#** [[Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union]]
# EU Policy Areas
#* [[Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union]] (Euro)
#* [[European Political Cooperation]]
#* [[Common Agricultural Policy]]
#* [[Common Fisheries Policy]]
#* [[Regional policy of the European Union]]
#* [[Trans-European Networks]]
#* [[Energy policy of the European Union|Energy]]
# [[European Union law]]
#* ''[[Acquis communautaire]]''
#* ''[[Official Journal of the European Union]]''
#* [[European Union competition law|EU competition law]] (see also [[Antitrust]], [[Cartel]], Economics, [[Microeconomics]], [[Perfect competition]], [[Industrial organization]], [[Game theory]])
# Forms of Secondary Legislation
#* [[Directive (European Union)|Directive]]
#* [[Regulation (European Union)|Regulation]]
#* [[Recommendation (European Union)|Recommendation]]
# Topics of Secondary Legislation
#* [[Copyright law of the European Union]]
# Directives and Regulations of Secondary Legislation:
#* ''[[Societas Europaea]]''
#* [[Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union#Protected designation of origin (PDO)|Protected designation of origin]]
#* [[Unitary patent]]
#* [[Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals]]
#* [[Enforcement Directive|Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights]]
#* [[Data Protection Directive|Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data]]
#* [[Copyright Duration Directive|Directive on harmonising the term of copyright protection]]

[[Image:Europe topography map en.png|thumb|A topographic map of Europe]]

==Miscellaneous==
[[Image:Europe satellite orthographic.jpg|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]], [[Europhile]]s
* [[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]]
** [[Genetically modified food controversies#International trade|Trade war over genetically modified food]]
* [[Statewatch]]
* [[Supranational union]]
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==See also==
{{Portal|European Union}}

[[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 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]]
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==References==
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