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URL: https://european-union.europa.eu/
Founded
1993-11-01
History
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According to Article 3 of the Treaty of Lisbon: (1) promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples; (2) offer its citizens an area of freedom, security and justice without internal frontiers, in which the free movement of persons is ensured in conjunction with appropriate measures with respect to external border controls, asylum, immigration and the prevention and combating of crime; (3) establish an internal market; work for the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress, and a high of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment; promote scientific and technological advance; combat social exclusion and discrimination, and promote social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child; promote economic, social and territorial cohesion, and solidarity among Member States; respect its rich cultural and linguistic diversity, and ensure that Europe's cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced; (4) establish an economic and monetary union whose currency is the euro; (5) in its relations with the wider world, uphold and promote its values and interests and contribute to the protection of its citizens; contribute to peace, security, the sustainable development of the Earth, solidarity and mutual respect among peoples, free and faire trade, eradication of poverty and the protection of human rights, in particular the rights of the child, as well as to the strict observance and the development of international law, including respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter.
Events
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Institutional relations with: C-XC3005 - NATO. Special relationship with: D-XD0435 - Council of Europe (CE). Cooperates with: E-XD7305 - European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT); D-XD0868 - European Space Agency (ESA); B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO); E-XE0791 - Union of African Shippers' Councils (UASC). Links with: E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). International cooperation outside the EU - INCO: Individual, tailor-made Stabilization and Association Agreements are being offered to the Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Serbia. Cooperation with Mediterranean partnership countries - INCO-MED - covers Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Palestine Authority, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. Bilateral 'Science and Technology' agreements with: Argentina; Australia; Canada; China; Russia; South Africa; USA (Argentina, China and Russia not yet in force). Institutionalized cooperation with the countries of: D-XD0766 - EFTA, through F-XF0847 - European Economic Area (EEA); F-XF0671 - Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), through T-XT7543 - ACP-EEC Convention (Lomé convention), T-XT7979 - Second ACP-EEC Convention (Lomé II), T-XT8412 - Third ACP-EEC Convention (Lomé III), T-XT8967 - Fourth ACP-EEC Convention (Lomé IV), T-XT0080 - ACP-EU Partnership Agreement (Cotonou agreement) and T-AA4718 - Samoa Agreement. Participates in the activities of: E-XE3381 - UNCTAD. Observer to: D-XD3030 - OAS. Signatory to: T-XT9106 - Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS); T-XT9461 - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Publications
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- Society → Exiles
- Commerce → Money
- Commerce → Market
- Nation State → Frontiers
- Nation State → Intergovernmental Communities
- Law → Agreements
- Economics → Economic
- Culture → Culture
- Languages → Linguistics
- Aesthetics → Heritage
- Peace → Equality
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF2147
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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