Portal:European Union

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Texts in force

• Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union (1994, amended 2009)
• Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (1958, amended 2009)
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2000, legal force 2009)
• The Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) (1958)

Former or amending treaties

• The Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) (signed in Paris on 18 April 1951, entered into force on 23 July 1952 and expired on 23 July 2002)
• The Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) (signed in Rome on 25 March 1957, and entered into force on 1 January 1958)
• The Merger Treaty (signed in Brussels on 8 April 1965, entered in force on 1 July 1967)
• The Single European Act (signed in Luxembourg and the Hague on 17 February 1986 and 28 February 1986 respectively, entered into force on 1 July 1987)
• The Treaty on European Union (signed in Maastricht on 7 February 1992, entered into force on 1 November 1993)
• The Treaty of Amsterdam (signed on 2 October 1997, entered into force on 1 May 1999)
• The Treaty of Nice (signed on 26 February 2001, entered into force on 1 February 2003)
• The Treaty of Lisbon (signed on 13 December 2007, entered into force on 1 December 2009)
• The Greenland Treaty (signed in Brussels on 13 March 1984, and entered into force on 1 January 1985)

Declarations and unratified

• Schuman Declaration (9 May 1950)
• Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (signed in Rome on 29 October 2004, but never entered into into force as not ratified by all member states)
• Berlin Declaration (2007)
• ReArm Europe five point plan 3 March 2025, by Ursula von der Leyen

European Charters

• Revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life (2003)

Recommendations of the European Commission

See also: w:European Commission

• Recommendation of the European Commission on Turkey’s progress towards accession (2004)

European Council

See also: w:European Council

• Conclusions of the Special European Council, 6 March 2025 [1]
• Remarks by President António Costa at the press conference following the Special European Council meeting of 6 March 2025 6 March 2025 Antonio Costa

Other

• Official Journal of the European Union, L 066, 2 March 2022
• Official Journal of the European Union, L 110, 8 April 2022

History and Regional Conflicts

• The Cold War
• The Portal:Russia-Ukraine war, in which the E.U. and member states provided aid to Eastern partner State Portal:Ukraine
  • * Statement by President von der Leyen on further measures to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 February 26
  • Doorstep by President von der Leyen at the leaders' meeting on Ukraine in London 2025 March 1, calling for EU leadership in a w:Coalition of the willing (Russo-Ukrainian War)
  • Ukraine (EUCO 10/25) Brussels, 6 March 2025, [2]

See also

• Portal:Treaties and declarations of the European Union
• Portal:NATO
• w:Enlargement of the European Union, Copenhagen criteria, Maastricht treaty

Member states

Austria	Belgium	Bulgaria	Czech Republic	Croatia	Cyprus	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France
Germany	Greece	Hungary	Ireland	Italy	Latvia	Lithuania	Luxembourg	Malta	Netherlands
Poland	Portugal	Romania	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden

Official Websites

• European Union: european-union.europa.eu
• European Council: www.consilium.europa.eu/en
• European Commission: commission.europa.eu