of the EuropeanUnion Languages style line height 95 class unsortable width 150px Special MemberState ... Each state has representation in the institutions of the EuropeanUnion . Full membership gives the government of a memberstate a seat in the Council of the EuropeanUnion and European Council ... Rights of the EuropeanUnion Charter of Fundamental Rights . Outermost regions see Special memberstate territories and the EuropeanUnion There are a number of overseas memberstate territories ... have a number of Special MemberState territories and the EuropeanUnion overseas territories , retained ...Infobox subdivision type name Member states of the EuropeanUnion alt name alt name1 alt name2 alt name3 alt name4 map imagemap Image Member States of the EuropeanUnion polar stereographic projection EN.svg 359px Map showing the member states of the EuropeanUnion clickable poly 261 28 273 39 279 59 ... subdivision subdivision1 subdivision2 subdivision3 subdivision4 A memberstate of the EuropeanUnion is a state that is party to Treaties of the EuropeanUnion treaties of the EuropeanUnion ... 95 List of EuropeanUnionMember States by accession Joined br style line height 95 Population br ... countries . The Presidency of the Council of the EuropeanUnion rotates between each of the member ... No No Political systems see List of EuropeanUnionmember states by political system File European ... sovereignty is shared. ref territory EuropeanUnion upper unit start date 1952 1958 ref The Inner ... by case where every memberstate agrees to a common position. Thus a memberstate can veto a foreign ... seven EU member states. Inner Six Six core states founded the EU s predecessor, the European Economic Community , in 1957 and the remaining states joined in subsequent Enlargement of the EuropeanUnion ... have disproportional representation compared to their population. No memberstate has withdrawn or been ... dollars rounded ref style line height 95 Currencies of the EuropeanUnion Currency br style ... more details
File EU OCT and OMR map en.png thumb 400px Map of EuropeanUnion in the world with overseas countries and territories OCT and outermost regions OMR Several EuropeanUnionmember states have special territories ... regions of EU member states which are part of the EU. According to the EC Treaty , EuropeanUnion ... state within the meaning of the treaties or, consequently, citizens of the EuropeanUnion. ref ... to the European territories for whose external relations a MemberState is responsible , a provision ... of the EuropeanUnion . These statuses range from no or limited derogation from EU policies, limited ... on the Functioning of the EuropeanUnion . ref There were initially seven outermost regions, as established ... the EuropeanUnion Value Added Tax Area . Canary Islands The Canary Islands are a Spain ... , thus having the status of being part of Spanish territory. They are outside the EuropeanUnion ... of the EuropeanUnion Customs Union . ref name customs Article 3 1 of Council Regulation ... ref However they are outside the Schengen area and the EuropeanUnion Value Added Tax Area VAT ... II acc. to Article 198 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EuropeanUnion and were invited to form ..., is part of the EuropeanUnion see Gibraltar below , and the Akrotiri and Dhekelia Sovereign Base Areas ... Overseas Territories Act 2002 and are consequently citizens of the EuropeanUnion. French ... region and part of the EuropeanUnion on 1 January 2014, it remains an OCT and outside the EU until ... and territories status within the EuropeanUnion. On 22 February 2007, Saint Barth lemy and Saint ... or French territory on the initiative of the memberstate concerned. ref See Article 355 6 of the http ... of the EuropeanUnion . The relevant decision of the European Council was made on the 29 October ... , Bonaire , Sint Eustatius , and Saba . Greenland main Greenland EuropeanUnion relations Greenland ... part of the Union then called the European Community . Greenlandic European Economic Community membership ... more details
This is a list of EuropeanUnionmember states by population , primarily based on estimates by the United Nations Population Division. The table is by default sorted by the UN column. class sortable wikitable style text align right Rank Country BR or dependent territory July 1, 2012 BR UN estimate of BR pop. Average BR relative BR annual BR growth BR , UN REF It corresponds to the following formula UN estimate SUB 2012 SUB UN estimate SUB 2011 SUB x100 100. REF Average BR absolute BR annual BR growth BR UN REF It corresponds to the calculation UN estimate SUB 2012 SUB xUN annual growth 100. REF Estimated BR doubling BR time BR Years, BR UN REF It corresponds to the formula LN 2 LN UN growth 100 1 , which produces exactly the same result as LOG SUB 10 SUB 2 LOG SUB 10 SUB UN growth 100 1 . REF Alternative BR figure Date Source 1 align left GER 81,991,000 16.29 0.21 172,000 81,831,000 September 30, 2011 align left http www.statistik portal.de Statistik Portal en en zs01 bund.asp Monthly official estimate 2 align left FRA 63,458,000 12.61 0.53 336,000 131 63,490,000 February 1, 2012 align left http www.insee.fr fr bases de donnees bsweb serie.asp?idbank 000436387 Monthly official estimate 3 align left GBR 62,798,000 12.48 0.61 383,000 114 62,300,000 July 1, 2010 align left http www.ons.gov.uk ons rel pop estimate population estimates for uk england and wales scotland and northern ireland mid 2010 population estimates annual mid year population estimates 2010.pdf Official estimate 4 align left ITA 60,964,000 12.12 0.29 177,000 239 60,776,531 September 30, 2011 align left http demo.istat.it bilmens2011gen Monthly official estimate 5 align left ESP 46,772,000 9.30 0.68 318,000 102 46,196,278 January 1, 2012 align left http www.ine.es jaxiBD tabla.do?per 01&type db&divi EPOB&idtab 2 Monthly official estimate 6 align left POL 38,317,000 7.61 0.05 19,000 1,387 38,501,000 March ... List of European countries by population List of Latin American countries by population List of member ... more details
free legend B30000 unfree legend CCCCCC not rated This is a list of EuropeanUnionmember states , their forms of government and their parliament s. The EuropeanUnion is a sui generis supranational union of democracy democratic Sovereign state states . At a European Council Summit held in Copenhagen ... As of 2011, all EuropeanUnionmember states are Representative democracy representative democracies ... Monarchies in Europe Image EuropeanUnionmember states by head of state.svg thumb legend C83232 ... in any of them. Clear Form of government See also Form of government Image EuropeanUnionmember ... of state who could assume non ceremonial competences of the twenty republican member states of the European ... Unionmember states by internal structure.png thumb right legend A05000 unitary state legend FF3333 ... Union s member states are unitary state s, which means that most of the competences lie with the central ... Image EuropeanUnionmember states by number of houses.svg thumb left legend E99B2C unicameralism ... unicameral. In the member states of the EuropeanUnion, if the parliament has only one ... of EuropeanUnionmember states by political system , please keep the two consistent if there are corrections ...Image EuropeanUnion neighbour states by freedom.png thumb legend 003399 EuropeanUnion all free Freedom House ratings for EuropeanUnion and surrounding states, as of 2009. ref name Freedom House Cite ... date 2006 05 06 work The History of the EuropeanUnion url http europa.eu abc history 1993 index en.htm accessdate 2006 06 30 ref the EuropeanUnion defined the Copenhagen criteria regarding the conditions a candidate country has to fulfill to be considered eligible for Enlargement of the EuropeanUnion accession to the EuropeanUnion cquote Membership criteria require that the candidate country must ... political , economic and monetary union . ref Cite web author European Commission title Accession ... Unionmember states are direct election directly elected democracies that are considered to be freedom ... more details
195 Central Powers Member states See also Continental unionState country subdivision Category ...A memberstate is a state that is a member of an international organization international organisation . The World Trade Organization WTO has members that are sovereign state sovereign states and members that are not, thus WTO members are not called member states. Worldwide Member states of the United Nations 193 Member states of UNESCO 193 Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization 184 List of WSA member states Member states of the World Sports Alliance 24 League of Nations members Member states of the League of Nations Interpol Member states and sub bureaus International Hydrographic Organization Member states International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property Member states Alliance of Small Island States AOSIS member states Intersputnik Member states Venice Commission Member states International Monetary Fund Member states Worldwide language related Member states of the Arab League 22 Member states of the Dutch Language Union 3 Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations 54 Member states of the Latin Union 36 Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries 8 Member states of the International Organization of the Francophonie Organization of Ibero American States Member states Worldwide religion related ... states Member states of CIP 14 Restricted to a continent or larger region Member states of the EuropeanUnion 27 Member states of the Council of Europe 47 Member states of the Organization of American States 35 Member states of the Union of South American Nations 12 Member states of the African Union ... Community Member states 14 Caribbean Meteorological Organisation European Southern Observatory Member states 15 Council of the Baltic Sea States Member states Western European and Others Group WEOG Member States Eastern European Group Members Inter American Development Bank Member states 48 Arctic Council ... more details
File EP Strasbourg hemicycle l gal.jpg thumb European Parliament in Strasbourg, where State of the Union addresses by the Commission President have been made The State of the Union address is the annual speech addressed by the President of the European Commission to the European Parliament plenary session. Made in the image of the State of the Union address USA s State of the Union , the State of the Union address of the EuropeanUnion has been recently instituted by the Lisbon Treaty , in order to make Politics of the EuropeanUnion political life of the Union more democratic and transparent than it hitherto was. The address is then followed by a general debate on political situation of the Union, the so called State of the Union debate. The first State of the Union speech of the EuropeanUnion was pronounced on 7 September 2010 by President Jos Manuel Barroso . ref cite news title Barroso ... news world europe 11210438 accessdate 2010 10 28 ref ref cite web title European Commission State of the Union ... 1005291 barroso goes bravado Press review of the 2011 address Category European Parliament Category European Commission Category Politics of the EuropeanUnion de State of the Union Address Europ ische ... 10 411&format HTML&aged 0&language EN&guiLanguage en State of the Union 2010 Jos Manuel Dur o Barroso, President of the European Commission , European Commission ref cquote The economic outlook in the EuropeanUnion today is better than one year ago, not least as a result of our determined action. The recovery is gathering pace, albeit unevenly within the Union. Growth this year will be higher ..., uncertainties and risks remain, not least outside the EuropeanUnion. In Barroso s second address ...?reference SPEECH 11 607&format HTML&aged 0&language EN&guiLanguage en State of the Union 2011 Jos Manuel Dur o Barroso, President of the European Commission , European Commission ref cquote ... need to complete the monetary union with real economic union. References reflist External links http ... more details
1979, however, MEPs have been elected by direct universal suffrage. Each Memberstate of the EuropeanUnionmemberstate establishes their own way of electing their MEPs and in some states the electoral ... of the EuropeanUnion , MEPs in their home state receive the same immunities as their own ... to the European Parliament by the authorities of the memberstate in question. Individual ...distinguish Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Members Politics of the EuropeanUnion mini A Member of the European Parliament MEP is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament ... . Election of MEPs Main Elections in the EuropeanUnion From 1 January 2007 when Romania and Bulgaria ... in 2009, though this will eventually rise to 751, with each memberstate having at least six and at most ... . There is no uniform voting system for the election of MEPs rather, each memberstate is free ... percent. The allocation of seats to each memberstate is based on the principle of degressive proportionality ... granted to each memberstate has arisen from treaty negotiations, there is no precise formula ... for resolution the right to put questions to the Council of the EuropeanUnion , the European Commission ... in Strasbourg was imposed on Parliament by the MemberState governments at the Edinburgh summit ... Parliament and the Council of the EuropeanUnion . Under the co decision procedure , they each ... Union e.g. WTO, trade agreements, etc. must be approved by the European Parliament, as must the accession of new Member States to the Union. The EU s annual budget is adopted jointly by Parliament and the Council of the EuropeanUnion, within overall limit on EU spending decided on by unanimous agreement .... Salary Until 2009, MEPs were paid by their own MemberState exactly the same salary as a member ... or the Soviet Union. Umberto Guidoni , first European astronaut on board the International Space ... in the memberstate where they reside subject to the residence requirements of that state they do ... more details
There are currently 54 memberstate s of the African Union . A memberstate is any one of the 54 sovereign nation state s that have acceded to the Organisation of African Unity OAU since it was established ... July 2011. ref http www.au.int en content african union welcomes south sudan 54th memberstateunion African Union Welcomes South Sudan as the 54th MemberState of the Union , African Union, 2011 07 ... period, on 9 July 2011, to welcome into its ranks the 54th memberstate of the Union . ref cite web url http www.au.int en content african union applauds success referendum southern sudan title The African Union Applauds the Success of the Referendum in Southern Sudan publisher au.int date 9 February 2011 accessdate 2 April 2011 ref It s the AU s most recent memberstate. Morocco is the only other ... two republic s, and two Monarchy kingdom s. South Sudan is the most recent MemberState, joining on 2011 July 27. Currently one member states had been suspended by a coup d tat or political struggles. The only African state which could join or more precisely re activate its membership is Morocco .... The total population of the AU is 895,800,000. Political system See also List of African Unionmember ... 100 style line height 95 class unsortable Flag br style line height 95 African UnionState br style ... reflist Category African Union Category Member states by organization African Union ar ... poblaci n hif African Union ke member ke suchi fr tats membres de l Union africaine ... been eighteen successive Enlargement of the African Union enlargements , the largest occurring on 18 ... kingdom s. In its history more monarchies existed but they were abolished. Membership List List of Member ... Eritrea return to the 53 member organization after several years absence. div div align center flagicon ... its withdrawal br from the African Union. div div Accession South Africa joined on 6 June 1994 after ... join or, more precisely, re activate its membership . Suspension Currently onehree member states Madagascar ... more details
The Latin Union currently has member states from five continents . They are listed below by the Romance language that is most spoken there Spanish language Spanish multicol BOL CHL COL CRI CUB multicol break DOM ECU SLV GTM HND multicol break MEX NIC PAN PAR PER multicol break PHL ESP URY VEN multicol end French language French multicol CIV FRA multicol break HTI MCO multicol break SEN multicol break multicol end Portuguese language Portuguese multicol AGO BRA multicol break CPV GNB multicol break flag Macau MOZ multicol break PRT STP multicol break ETM multicol end Italian language Italian multicol ITA multicol break SMR multicol break multicol break multicol end Romanian language Romanian multicol ROU multicol break MDA multicol break multicol break multicol end Catalan language Catalan AND Catalan is also co official in Catalonia , Valencian Community , Balearic Islands and some other areas of Spain and in Alguer Italy . Map of Latin Union Image LatinUnion.png thumb 750x533px center The members of the Latin Union, by language br legend CCCC00 Spanish language Spanish legend 000080 French language French legend 008000 Portuguese language Portuguese legend C00000 Italian language Italian legend 800080 Romanian language Romanian legend FF8000 Catalan language Catalan Category Latin Union Category Member states by organization Latin Union ... more details
A Member of State Council MSC is a term used for an individual who has, by election or appointment, been a member of a State Council , a legislature of many nations and colonies. Category Legislators ... more details
A memberstate of the Caribbean Community is a state that has been specified as a memberstate within the Treaty of Chaguaramas or any other Caribbean state that is in the opinion of the Conference, able and willing to exercise the rights and assume the obligations of membership in accordance with article 29 of the Treaty of Chaguaramas. Member states are designated as either More economically developed country MDCs or Less economically developed countries LDCs . These dsignations are not intended to create disparity among member states. ref name A1 cite news first last title Treaty of Chaguarmas work date 4 July 1973 url http www.caricom.org jsp community original treaty text.pdf ref The Community was established by mainly English language English and English Creole speaking Caribbean countries, but has since become a multilingual organisation in practice with the addition of Dutch language Dutch speaking Suriname on 4 July 1995 and French language French and Haitian Creole speaking Haiti on 2 July 2002. As of 4 July 2002 there are fifteen full members of the Caribbean Community , four of which are founding members. List class wikitable sortable style font size 95 white space nowrap width 100 style line height 95 width 2em class unsortable Flag style line height 95 State br style line height 95 Joined br style line height 95 Population br style line height 95 km br style line height 95 List of countries by GDP PPP GDP PPP br Million br style line height 95 List of countries by GDP PPP per capita GDP PPP br per capita br style line height 95 Human Development Index HDI br style line height 95 Currency br style line height 95 Official Language Official br Language s flagicon Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 4 July 1974 86,754 Nts 442.6 1,709 19,699 0.764 East Caribbean Dollar English language English flagicon Bahamas Bahamas 4 July 1983 Nts 353658 Nts 10010 10,353 bgcolor ccffcc 29,274 0.771 Bahamian Dollar English flagicon Barbados Barbados Founder Nts 284589 ... more details
Monaco Franco Monegasque Treaty 1958 flag San Marino Co operation and Customs Union Agreement 1991 flag Turkey EU Turkey Customs Union 1995 Excludes agricultural products Territories While all EU members are part of the customs union, not all of their respective territories form part of the customs union. This may be because a territory is not part of the EU, because the territories have opt outs, or are excluded from the customs union because of their economic or geographic circumstances see Special MemberState territories and the EuropeanUnion . See also European integration Trade bloc European Customs Information Portal ECIP Notes reflist Foreign relations of the EuropeanUnion Category EuropeanUnion law Category Treaties of the EuropeanUnion with third countries Customs Category ...File Europ ische Zollunion.svg thumb right The EuropeanUnion Customs Union The EuropeanUnion Customs Union EUCU is a customs union which consists of all the Member States of the EuropeanUnion EU and a number of surrounding countries. The customs union is a principal task of the European Economic Community , established in 1958, and now succeeded by the EuropeanUnion . No customs are levied on goods travelling within the customs union and unlike a free trade area members of the customs union impose a common external tariff on all goods entering the union. One of the consequences of the customs union is that the EuropeanUnion has to negotiate as a single entity in international trade deals such as the World Trade Organization World Trade Organisation . Non EU members EU applicant Turkey and Microstates and the EuropeanUnion three bordering microstates Andorra , Monaco , and San Marino are in customs union with the EU. ref Article 3 1 of Council Regulation 2913 92 EEC of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code as amended OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1 50 http eur lex.europa.eu LexUriServ LexUriServ.do?uri CELEX 31992R2913 EN NOT . ref class wikitable State Agreement Date ... more details
For the bank UnionState Bank Infobox Geopolitical organization native name small ... name UnionState image map Union State.svg map caption membership flag Belarus br flag Russia admin ... State lang ru , lang be , semi officially known as UnionState ... on April 2, 1996. ref Zulys, Audrius. Toward a UnionState of Russia and Belarus . Lithuanian Foreign ... AFBF 4353 AD6A E3F5D96FFDCB Zulys, Audrius. Toward a UnionState of Russia and Belarus , p. 150 ...?id 1994 ref The Treaty on the Creation of a UnionState of Russia and Belarus was signed on December ... Union was ratified by the Russian State Duma on December 22, 1999 and the National Assembly ... Zulys, Audrius. Toward a UnionState of Russia and Belarus , p. 151 ref Institutions and legal framework The Treaty on the Creation of a UnionState has established the following institutions ref .... Toward a UnionState of Russia and Belarus , p. 151 2 ref A Supreme State Council, the highest authority in the UnionState, made up of the Presidents, Prime Ministers and the heads of both chambers ... Ministers, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Economy, and Finance and the State Secretary of the Union ... are still fully responsible for their own internal affairs and external relations. The UnionState cannot ... decisions of its member states, except in cases specified by the Union Treaty. As such, the Union ... Union , or the Union of South American Nations . Pavel Borodin is the current State Secretary of the Union ... its inauguration, both member states seemed to have lost their initial enthusiasm for the Union, with first ... language Russian ref On November 16, 2010 it was announced by the UnionState website that the Constitutional ... issues, the UnionState does in a way provide a common citizenship. While citizens of Russia ... en ?guid 55832 work UnionState Website date February 11, 2009 accessdate February 21, 2009 ref ... on the state participant in the UnionState, as well as all other actions involving the use of military ... more details
ref This contradicts the directive, which says that the residence card grants entry to any EU memberstate. In fact, this is cited as one of the main advantages of the new directive by the European Commission ...Use dmy dates date April 2011 Globalize date September 2011 European Economic Area EEA citizens have the right of free movement and residence throughout the EEA. This right also extends to certain family members, even if they are not EEA citizens. A Residence card of a family member of Union citizen is issued to the family member to confirm this right of residence. The holder of a valid Residence Card is entitled to use this document in lieu of an entry visa for entry to all EEA member states, subject to conditions Schengen Area Internal movement for family members of EEA nationals although not all EEA states recognise this entitlement . Legal Background The Residence Card is defined in articles 9 to 11 of the Directive 2004 38 EC on the right to move and reside freely Directive 2004 38 EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States . The central paragraph is article 10 1 blockquote The right of residence of family members of a Union citizen who are not nationals of a MemberState shall be evidenced by the issuing of a document called Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen no later than six months from the date on which they submit the application. blockquote So the card only confirms the right of residence, it does not create it. Even without applying for a Residence Card, a qualifying family member has the right of residence, although it may be difficult to prove. Implementation in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom has implemented this directive in the EEA Regulations UK and the European Casework Instructions ... Category European Economic Area de Aufenthaltskarte ... more details
saved book title The EuropeanUnion subtitle A brief outline... cover image EU Insignia.svg cover color 003399 text color White The EuropeanUnion A brief outline to this union of twenty seven European states Overview EuropeanUnion History Pre 1945 ideas on European unity History of the European Communities 1945 1957 History of the European Communities 1945 1957 History of the European Communities 1958 1972 History of the European Communities 1958 1972 History of the European Communities 1973 1993 History of the European Communities 1973 1993 History of the EuropeanUnion 1993 2004 History of the EuropeanUnion 1993 2004 History of the EuropeanUnion 2004 onwards History of the EuropeanUnion 2004 onwards Geography and membership Geography of the EuropeanUnionMemberState of the EuropeanUnion Enlargement of the EuropeanUnion Politics Politics of the EuropeanUnion Institutions of the EuropeanUnionEuropean Commission European Parliament Council of the EuropeanUnionEuropean External Action Service Elections in the EuropeanUnion President of the European Commission President of the European Council Presidency of the Council of the EuropeanUnion Foreign relations of the EuropeanUnion Common Foreign and Security Policy High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Economy Economy of the EuropeanUnion Internal Market EuropeanUnion Internal market of the EuropeanUnion Euro Eurozone European Central Bank Law EuropeanUnion law European Court of Justice Area of freedom, security and justice Treaties of the EuropeanUnion Symbols and identity Symbols of Europe Flag of Europe Anthem of Europe Europe Day Citizenship of the EuropeanUnion ... more details
Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States PUIC and PUOICM is composed of parliaments of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference OIC members states. It was established in Iran on 17 June 1999, with its head office situated in Tehran . Member states Supranational Islamic Bodies align right size 500px class wikitable sortable Memberstate Year joined flag Afghanistan 2008 flag Albania 1999 flag Algeria 1999 flag Azerbaijan 1999 flag Bahrain 1999 flag Bangladesh 1999 flag Benin 1999 flag Burkina Faso 1999 flag Cameroon 1999 flag Chad 1999 flag C te d Ivoire 1999 flag Djibouti 1999 flag Egypt 1999 flag Gabon 1999 flag Gambia 2009 flag Guinea 1999 flag Guinea Bissau 1999 flag Guyana 1999 flag Indonesia 1999 flag Iran 1999 flag Iraq 1999 flag Jordan 1999 flag Kazakhstan 1999 flag Kuwait 1999 flag Kyrgyzstan 1999 flag Lebanon 1999 flag Libya 1999 flag Malaysia 1999 flag Mali 1999 flag Mauritania 1999 flag Morocco 1999 flag Mozambique 1999 flag Niger 1999 flag Oman 1999 flag Pakistan 1999 flag Palestine 1999 flag Qatar 1999 flag Saudi Arabia 1999 flag Senegal 1999 flag Sierra Leone 1999 flag Somalia 2007 flag Sudan 1999 flag Syria 1999 flag Tajikistan 2006 flag Togo 1999 flag Tunisia 1999 flag Turkey 1999 flag Turkmenistan 1999 flag Uganda 1999 flag United Arab Emirates 1999 flag Yemen 1999 Of the OIC members do not participate Brunei , Comoros , Maldives , Nigeria , Suriname , Uzbekistan . Observers class wikitable sortable Observers Year joined Inter Parliamentary Union 1999 Arab Inter parliamentary Union Arab Parliamentary Union 1999 The African Parliamentary Union 1999 Asian ... dmy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT Parliamentary Union Of The Oic Member States Category Organisation ... Arab Union 1999 Organisation of the Islamic Conference The Organization of the Islamic Conference 1999 League of Arab States 1999 African Union 1999 ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC 2004 TRNC Turkish Cypriot State 2004 Commonwealth of Independent States Inter Parliamentary Assembly ... more details
There are currently 12 member states of the Union of South American Nations . Of these, four belong to the Andean Community of Nations Andean Community of Nations CAN , and four to Member states of Mercosur Mercosur . UNASUL member states List of Member States class wikitable sortable style font size 95 white space nowrap width 100 class unsortable Flag Country Capital Area br small km small Population Population density Density br small km small List of circulating currencies Currency Gross domestic product GDP per cap. br PPP ref name GDP at List of countries by GDP PPP per capita purchasing power parity, per capita , in Geary Khamis dollar international dollars rounded ref Gini coefficient Gini Human Development Index HDI class unsortable Official languages align center File Flag of Argentina.svg 30px border link Argentina br br Rep blica Argentina Buenos Aires style text align right Nts 2780403 style text align right Nts 40482000 style text align right Nts 14.49 km align center Argentine peso style text align right Nts 15030 ref name GDP10 http www.imf.org external pubs ft weo 2010 01 weodata weorept.aspx?pr.x 36&pr.y 1&sy 2008&ey 2015&scsm 1&ssd 1&sort country&ds .&br 1&c 336 2C213 2C273 2C218 2C223 2C283 2C228 2C288 2C233 2C293 2C248 2C366 2C298 2C299&s PPPPC&grp 0&a Report for Selected Countries and Subjects IMF ref style text align right Nts 48.8 ref name Gini coefficient10 http hdr.undp.org en media HDR 2010 EN Complete reprint.pdf Human Development Report 2010 , United ... center Spanish language Spanish References reflist Member States of the Union of South American Nations Category Union of South American Nations Category Member states by organization South American Category Member states of the Union of South American Nations es Estados Miembros de la UNASUR pt Estados ... align center File Flag of Venezuela state .svg 30px border link Venezuela br br Rep blica Bolivariana ... align center Spanish language Spanish Non member states Observer states class wikitable sortable style ... more details
Politics of the EuropeanUnion A recommendation in the EuropeanUnion , according to Article 288 of the Treaty on EuropeanUnion formerly Article 249 Treaty establishing the European Community TEC , is one of two kinds of non legally binding binding acts cited in the Treaty of Rome . Recommendations are without legal force but are negotiated and voted on according to the EuropeanUnion legislative procedure appropriate procedure . Recommendations differ from EuropeanUnion regulation regulation s, EuropeanUnion directive directive s and EuropeanUnion decision decision s, in that they are not binding for Member States. Though without legal force , they do have a political weight. The Recommendation is an instrument of indirect action aiming at preparation of legislation in Member States, differing from the Directive only by the absence of obligatory power. Common market According to the terms of the Maastricht Treaty Treaty on the EuropeanUnion In order to ensure the proper functioning and development of the common market, the Commission formulate recommendations or deliver EuropeanUnion opinion opinions on matters dealt with in this Treaty, if it expressively so provides or if the Commission considers it necessary. Concretely, recommendations can be used by the Commission to raze barriers of competition caused by the establishment or the modification of internal norms of a List of EuropeanUnionmember states MemberState . If a country does not conform to a recommendation, the Commission cannot propose the adoption of a Directive aimed at other Member Countries, in order to elide this distortion. See also EUR Lex References cite book last1 Craig first1 Paul last2 De Burca first2 Grainne title EU Law Text, Cases and Materials edition 4th year 2007 publisher Oxford University ... EUROPA Category EuropeanUnion law Recommendation EU stub de Empfehlung EU eo Rekomendo kaj opinio E ropa Unio ja EU pl Zalecenie Unia Europejska fr Recommandation de l Union europ enne it Raccomandazione ... more details
and since 2010 the Commission president has started to deliver State of the Union address EuropeanUnionState of the Union addresses , modelled after the US President s. Citation needed date March 2011 See also List of presidents of EuropeanUnion institutions References reflist External links ...Image Les trois pr sidents 2011 11 30.jpg thumb right Three European presidents President of the European Parliament of the European Parliament , President of the European Commission of the European Commission , and President of the European Council of the European Council , during a press conference in the Berlaymont building Berlaymont in November 2011 Politics of the EuropeanUnion President of the EuropeanUnion or President of Europe could be a reference to any of President of the European Council since 1 December 2009, Herman Van Rompuy President of the European Commission since 22 November 2004, Jos Manuel Barroso Presidency of the Council of the EuropeanUnion since 1 January 2012, Denmark Among the cases presented above, referring to the President of the European Council as the President of the EuropeanUnion EU is by far the most common modern error in the international media. ref ..., was a misnomer. The Commission of the EuropeanUnion Commission Presidency has had fewer mentions using this term, despite being the one with the most powers. There are other List of presidents of European ... the title applied to them. There is, simply, no President of the EuropeanUnion as a whole each of its ... dates date March 2011 Category Political offices of the EuropeanUnion de Pr sident der Europ ischen ... because the post presides over the European Council an institution of the EU rather than presiding over the EU as a whole. Prior to the Treaty of Lisbon , each memberstate in turn took the responsibilities of both the Presidency of the European Council and the Presidency of the Council of the EuropeanUnion . The press frequently summarised these responsibilities to the shorthand tag EU Presidency ... more details
refimprove date June 2009 EU history The Solemn Declaration on EuropeanUnion was signed by the then 10 Head of state heads of state and Head of Government government on 19 June 1983, in Stuttgart ref European Council. 1983. http aei.pitt.edu 1788 Solemn Declaration on EuropeanUnion . Bulletin of the European Communities 6 1983 25 29. Electronically archived at the University of Pittsburgh Archive of European Integration ref . In November 1981 the German and Italian Governments submitted to the Member States a draft European Act designed to further European integration. In accordance with the mandate given by the European Council of 26 and 27 November 1981 the Foreign Ministers reported to the Stuttgart European Council on their work on this draft Act. The Heads of State or Government of the Member States of the European Communities meeting within the European Council resolved to continue the work begun on the basis of the Treaties of Paris and Rome and to create a united Europe, which is more than ever necessary in order to meet the dangers of the world situation, capable of assuming the responsibilities incumbent on it by virtue of its political role, its economic potential and its manifold links with other peoples, ... The Heads of State or Government, on the basis of an awareness of a common destiny and the wish to affirm the European identity, confirm their commitment to progress towards an ever closer union among the peoples and Member States of the European Community. References Reflist EU treaties and declarations Category History of the EuropeanUnion Category 1983 in Europe Category 1983 in the European Economic Community Category 1983 in Germany Category Treaties and declarations of the EuropeanUnion Category History of Stuttgart Category Treaties concluded in 1983 EU stub it Dichiarazione solenne sull Unione europea pl Uroczysta deklaracja stuttgarcka o Unii Europejskiej ... more details
EU memberstate, and is responsible for aiding communication between the European Commission s Cultural Programme and memberstate. ref http ec.europa.eu culture annexes culture doc1232 en.htm European ... of the EuropeanUnion Sport is largely the domain of the member states, with the EU mostly playing an indirect ...Politics of the EuropeanUnionEuropeanUnion culture policies aim to address and promote the cultural ... Cultural Month , the Media Programme , the EuropeanUnion Youth Orchestra and the European ... The Council of Europe , which is distinct from the EuropeanUnion EU , first formalised cultural ... Cultural Policy and Politics in the EuropeanUnion work publisher date url http 137.204.115.130 activities ... sector of the Council of the EuropeanUnion , and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive ... and Education Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency EuropeanUnion Youth Orchestra ... European Audiovisual Observatory European Film Promotion Europa Cinemas Union of the Theatres of Europe EuropeanUnion National Institutes for Culture European League of Institutes of the Arts See also Institutions of the EuropeanUnion List of programmes The EU promotes cultural development through ... Union Europeana EUscreen European Library List of awards The EU promotes cultural development through the policy of awards EuropeanUnion Prize for Contemporary Architecture Civis media prize Lux Prize European Border Breakers Award EuropeanUnion Prize for Literature ref http www.euprizeliterature.eu ... Dancehouse Network EUROFRAME European Broadcasting UnionEuropean Museum Forum Policies by sector ... accessdate 2007 07 13 ref Languages Main Languages of the EuropeanUnion The languages of the EuropeanUnion are language s used by people within the member states of the EuropeanUnion . They include the 23 official languages of the EuropeanUnion plus many others. EU policy is to encourage all ... See also Economy of the EuropeanUnion Expansion of the EuropeanUnion expand section date March 2011 ... more details
Politics of the EuropeanUnion The Official Journal OJ of the EuropeanUnion is the Public journal official gazette of record for the EuropeanUnion EU . It is published every working day in all of the Languages of the EuropeanUnion official languages of the MemberState of the EuropeanUnionmember states . Only legal acts published in the Official Journal are contract binding . It was first published on 30 December 1952 as the Official Journal of the European Coal and Steel Community . This was renamed Official Journal of the European Communities with the establishment of the European Community before taking its current title when the Treaty of Nice coming into force entered into force on 1 February 2003. Since 1998, the Journal has been available online via the EUR Lex service. The Journal comprises two series The L series contains EU legislation including EU regulation regulations , EU ... including the Judgment law judgment s of the European Court of Justice and the General Court EuropeanUnion General Court formerly known as the Court of First Instance . There is also a supplementary S series contain invitations to tender see Government procurement in the EuropeanUnion . See also EUR Lex EuropeanUnion directive EuropeanUnion law Community acquis Public journal Federal register of the United States Government Official Journal of the European Patent Office Publications Office EuropeanUnion Publications Office External links http eur lex.europa.eu JOIndex.do?ihmlang ... of the EuropeanUnion http publications.europa.eu official index en.htm Explanation of the Official Journal of the EuropeanUnion from the EU Publications Office EuropeanUnion topics Category EuropeanUnion law Category Newspapers published in Luxembourg Category Government gazettes EuropeanUnion ... Europ iske Unions Tidende de Amtsblatt der Europ ischen Union es Diario Oficial de la Uni n Europea fr Journal officiel de l Union europ enne it Gazzetta ufficiale dell Unione europea lv Eiropas Savien bas ... more details
File Flag of Europe.svg thumb The Flag of the EuropeanUnion File Location European Union.svg thumb The location of the EuropeanUnion The EuropeanUnion EU is an economic and political partnership of 27 MemberState of the EuropeanUnionmember states , located primarily Please do not remove this. Parts ... Europe Day Structures EU imagemap Members MemberState of the EuropeanUnionMember States Special memberstate territories and their relations with the EU Dependent Territories of Member States Enlargement of the EuropeanUnion Enlargement Institutions of the EuropeanUnion Institutions European ... title The Financial Crisis Impact on and Response by the EuropeanUnion accessdate 6 July ... Congressional Research Service page 28 quote The EuropeanUnion is a political and economic union ...?rubrique764 title What is the EuropeanUnion? accessdate 6 July 2009 author Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations quote Europe is a geographical and cultural notion. The EuropeanUnion is a political and economic union among 27 States on the European continent Dead link date September ... Office of the German Federal Government quote The EuropeanUnion is a political union... ref ref name Oxford citation contribution EuropeanUnion title New Oxford Dictionary of English ... of Maastricht on EuropeanUnion url http europa.eu scadplus treaties maastricht en.htm work Activities of the EuropeanUnion publisher Europa web portal accessdate 20 October 2007 ref With 500  ... Union Origins History of the EuropeanUnion Pre 1945 ideas on European unity History of the European ... Communities 1973 1993 History of the EuropeanUnion 1993 2004 European Communities European Economic ... European Parliament Member of the European Parliament President of the European Parliament European political party Political groups of the European Parliament Elections in the EuropeanUnion Committees of the European Parliament Council of the EuropeanUnion also named Council of Ministers or just ... more details
EU documents use British English, since UK is a memberstate The EuropeanUnion plays a minor and mostly indirect policy role in sport , because a sport is normally considered to be outside the principle of conferral competences conferred by the member states to the EuropeanUnion and b sport is in general organised internally, on a European continental level which is not the same as the level of the EuropeanUnion , or globally. Role of the EU Direct The EuropeanUnion has a very limited direct role in sport. The European Commission is composed of Directorates General and several departments. Within the Directorate General Education and Culture, is the Sport Unit, which is responsible for the following main areas cooperation within the Commission and with other institutions on sport related issues, cooperation with national and international sports institutions, organisations and federations, bilateral meetings with sports institutions and organisations and international sports federations. http ec.europa.eu sport index en.htm One of the few specific measures in Sports was taken by Decision No. 291 2003 EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the EuropeanUnion Council of 6 February 2003 that established the European Year of Education through Sport 2004. The activities ... at sport, many of the rules, policies and programmes of the EuropeanUnion have an impact on the sports world or are of interest to it. In particular, the common market of the EuropeanUnion creates the right for any EU citizen to move and work freely in another memberstate. The landmark Bosman ... Sport&EU the association for the study of sport and the EuropeanUnion http www.aces europa.eu Home tabid 36 Default.aspx European Capitals of Sport EuropeanUnion topics Use dmy dates date October 2010 DEFAULTSORT Sport Policies Of The EuropeanUnion Category Cultural policies of the EuropeanUnion Category Sport and politics Category Sport in Europe Category Sports law fr Sport dans l Union europ enne ... more details
Union Although there has been a large degree of European integration integration between EuropeanUnionEuropeanUnionmemberstatemember states , foreign relations is still a largely inter governmental ... of the European Commission ref Additionally to the third state delegations and offices the European Commission maintains representation in each of the EuropeanUnionmemberstatemember states . ref ... representation in each of the EuropeanUnionmemberstatemember states . ref name europa1 Where ... Main Greenland EuropeanUnion relations Greenland is an autonomous territory of an EU memberstate ... representation See List of diplomatic missions of the EuropeanUnion Ambassadors of the EuropeanUnion History File EU diplomatic missions.png thumb 400px Map of EuropeanUnion diplomatic missions legend 0000ff EuropeanUnionmember states legend 008000 EuropeanUnion delegation, full Treaty ... . The EuropeanUnion s member states retain close links with many of their former colonies and since ... Unionstate expanded Foreign relations of member states valign top flagicon Austria Foreign ...This article deals with relations between the EuropeanUnion and third countries. For the overall tasks ... legend c0c0c0 no EuropeanUnion mission, accreditation or responsibility assigned The High Authority ... 2010 all former European Commission delegations were renamed into EuropeanUnion delegations and till ... of the EuropeanUnion list of diplomatic missions were transformed into embassy type missions that employ ... previously carried out by the national embassies of the memberstate holding the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EuropeanUnion and merged with the independent Council delegations around ... delegations of the Council of the EuropeanUnion to the United Nations in New York, to the African Union and to Afghanistan in addition to the European Commission delegations there. In the course of 2010 these would be transformed into integrated EuropeanUnion delegations. ref http blogs.euobserver.com ... more details