Ec (Noun)
Meaning
An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union".
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The EU acts as a confederation of states rather than a federation like the United States.
- The concept of the single market was officially established in 1993 in the EC Treaty.
- Austria has worked actively on European integration from its joining the EC in 1995.
- EU law applies in the European Economic Area, except for the Common Security and Defense Policy which is not part of the EEA Agreement, and with certain exceptions, such as on the Common Agricultural Policy.
- British membership in the EC was confirmed, with a two-thirds majority, making the United Kingdom the tenth member state of the EC.