Definitions by Mariana Soroka

Mariana Soroka
Political science
Group 13

Sentence definition
European Union – a political and economic community of European twenty-seven member states that has common government and population about 456 million of people.
Extended definition
European Union – a political and economic community of twenty-seven member states that is situated mostly in Europe and has common supranational government. It traces its origins to the European Coal and Steel Community formed in 1951 by the Treaty of Paris among 6 countries: France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg. Then it was changed into European Economic Community. Since that time, the European Union has grown in size through the accession of new member states and has increased its powers by the addition of new policy areas to its remit. In 1993, the Maastricht Treaty established the current legal framework. The main features of EU: single market, which supply freedom of movement of people, goods, services and capital; common trade policy; common currency; agricultural and fisheries policies; regional development policy and foreign policy.