Outline of the European Union


The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the European Union:
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 member states, located primarily in Europe. Committed to 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. With 500 million citizens, the EU combined generates an estimated 30% share of the nominal gross world product. 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.

Origins

  1. Members
  2. * Member states
  3. ** Dependent Territories of Member States
  4. * Enlargement
  5. * Withdrawal
  6. Institutions
  7. * European Commission
  8. * European Parliament
  9. * Council of the European Union
  10. * Court of Justice of the European Union
  11. * European Court of Auditors
  12. * European Central Bank
  13. * European Council
  14. Other bodies
  15. * European Committee of the Regions
  16. * European Economic and Social Committee
  17. * European System of Central Banks
  18. * European Investment Bank
  19. * European Investment Fund
  20. * Agencies of the European Union
  21. * European Ombudsman
  22. * European External Action Service
  23. Related Organisations
  24. * European Free Trade Association
  25. * European Economic Area
  26. * Western European Union

    Law and policy

  27. Treaties of the European Union – Founding and amending treaties
  28. * Treaty of Paris
  29. * Treaty of Rome
  30. * Merger Treaty
  31. * Single European Act
  32. * Maastricht Treaty
  33. * Amsterdam Treaty
  34. * Treaty of Nice
  35. * Treaty of Accession 2003
  36. * Treaty of Accession 2005
  37. * Treaty of Lisbon
  38. * Treaty of Accession 2011
  39. * Related documents
  40. ** Schengen Agreement
  41. ** Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
  42. ** Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
  43. EU Policy Areas
  44. * Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union
  45. * European Political Cooperation
  46. * Common Agricultural Policy
  47. * Common Fisheries Policy
  48. * Regional policy of the European Union
  49. * Trans-European Networks
  50. * Energy
  51. European Union law
  52. * Acquis communautaire
  53. * Official Journal of the European Union
  54. * EU competition law
  55. Forms of Secondary Legislation
  56. * Directive
  57. * Regulation
  58. * Recommendation
  59. Topics of Secondary Legislation
  60. * Copyright law of the European Union
  61. Directives and Regulations of Secondary Legislation:
  62. * Societas Europaea
  63. * Protected designation of origin
  64. * Unitary patent
  65. * Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
  66. * Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights
  67. * Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data
  68. * Directive on harmonising the term of copyright protection

Miscellaneous