European Union

The European Union, a political and economic union of member states that acts as a supranational governing body, negotiator, regulator, and actor in international affairs including aid policy, enlargement, trade standards, and data protection regulation.

Claims that use this term

• The EU shifted aid to bottom-up decentralized development after UN failure.
• The EU admitted post-communist European states ahead of Turkey despite Turkey’s earlier application.
• The EU adopts market language to bypass member-state sovereignty constraints.
• The EU may impose GDPR as a standard on trading partners.