Definitions by Victoria Boiko

European integration

Sentence definition

European integration is the process of political, legal, economic, in some cases - social and cultural, integration of European states, including some states that are partly in Europe.

Extended definition

European integration is the process of political, legal,economic, in some cases - social and cultural, integration of European states, including some states that are partly in Europe. It can also be named a process, where countries voluntarily share their sovereignty based on the rule of law in order to achieve the common task. In the present day, European Integration is primarily achieved through the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and the European union seated in Brussels and Luxembourg. There is no fixed end result of the process of integration. Integration and enlargement of the European Union are major issues in the politics of Europe, both at European, national and local level.
References:

http://www.historiasiglo20.org/europe/integra.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_integration
http://eiop.or.at/eiop/index.php/eiop/article/view/2006_005a
Theorising European Integration: revisiting neo-functionalism and testing its suitability for explaining the development of EC competition policy?
McGowan, Lee, 25 May 2007