European Unionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən ˈjuːnjən/, /ˌjɔːɹəˈpiːən ˈjuːnjən/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌjʊɹəˈpiən ˈjunjən/, /ˌjɝɹəˈpi.ən ˈjunjən/

固有名詞

the European Union

1. A supranational organisation, consisting of 27 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into closer economic and political connection.

   Alternative forms: EU (initialism), EU (translingual symbol), E.U. (initialism)

   Synonym: EUSSR (derogatory, anti-union)

   Holonym: Europe

   Meronym: available at list of member states

   • 1992, Maastricht Treaty:

     ...IN VIEW of further steps to be taken in order to advance European integration,
     HAVE DECIDED to establish a European Union and to this end have designated as their plenipotentiaries...

   • 1996, John Major, EU Beef Ban and the Florence European Council:

     The issue will now be dealt with on a proper, rational basis, with the timetable for the lifting of the ban dependent on our own efforts. That has enabled the restoration of normal business in the European Union.

   • 2014 July 1, Frank Jacobs, “Welcome to Stanistan”, in Foreign Policy‎, archived from the original on 3 August 2023:

     At a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into existence. An EEU modeled on the European Union was first mooted back in 1994 by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but took off only after his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, seized upon its potential as a Moscow-centered, Asia-oriented alternative to the EU.

   • 2022 June 17, “Greeted as a 'great friend', Johnson meets Zelensky on second Ukraine trip”, in France 24‎, archived from the original on 18 June 2022:

     7:09pm: Putin says he has 'nothing against' Ukraine joining EU
     Russia has "nothing against" Ukraine's possible membership of the European Union, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after the European Commission recommended granting Kyiv candidate status of the 27-member bloc.

   • 2025 February 1, Kevin Liptak, “With stiff tariffs he promised now in place, Trump opens a new trade war”, in CNN‎:

     Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:European Union.
2. (historical) An antifascist resistance group active during Germany’s Nazi era.

Meronyms

Further reading

• European Union on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• European Union (resistance group) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “European Union”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “European Union”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.