Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

European Union

An economic union with the principal objectives of free movement of goods, capital, and labor. The constituent countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. (https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/countries accessed 12/31/2020)

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An economic union with the principal objectives of free movement of goods, capital, and labor. The constituent countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. (https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/countries accessed 12/31/2020)

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Synonyms

23 entry terms
  • European Community
  • Communities, European
  • Community, European
  • European Communities
  • Union, European
  • Common Market
  • Community, European Economic
  • EEC
  • Economic Community, European
  • Euratom
  • European Atomic Energy Community
  • European Coal and Steel Community
  • European Common Market
  • European Economic Community
  • Common Market, European
  • Common Markets
  • Common Markets, European
  • Communities, European Economic
  • Economic Communities, European
  • European Common Markets
  • European Economic Communities
  • Market, Common
  • Market, European Common

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Indexed with the subheadings economics, history, organization & administration, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

name specific European country if pertinent; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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98(76)

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Previous Indexing

  • Economics (1966-1975)
  • International Cooperation (1966-1975)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. European Union. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005062. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005062
  2. European Union. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union
  3. European Union. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458