European Union

European Union

  • PARIS - FEBRUARY 02: Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France to the European Union Pierre Sellal delivers a speech at the International 'Global Zero' Summit Against Nuclear Weapons at Hotel Intercontinental on February 2, 2010 in Paris, France.

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  • Government debt concerns weigh on European markets

    (AP) â Continuing concerns about debt-plagued governments in Europe helped send stocks down Thursday ahead of interest rate meetings by the European Central Bank and the Bank of England . The euro slipped to a fresh seven-month low against the |more

  • UN chief visits Cyprus to boost peace talks

    ...sides of the divide that the two leaders can successfully end the long-standing dispute impeding Turkey's bid to join the European Union and harming EU- NATO cooperation."I am under no illusion that the Cyprus problem is easy to solve, or about the difficulties... |more

  • Zimbabwe PM criticizes British envoy on sanctions

    ...that have been placed on the country, rather than that it is the misgovernance and the failed policies that caused the European Union and the rest of the world to take those punitive measures," Tsvangirai told APTN.Tsvangirai told APTN that a general political... |more

  • Government officials, bankers meet in Davos

    ...Press reporters at the World Economic Forum saw several business and political leaders entering a meeting room Saturday, including French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde and Joaquin Almunia, the European Union 's competition commissioner.... |more

  • Davos spotlight turns to rebuilding Haiti

    ...economic issues. Its members â 19 countries with some of the world's biggest industrial and emerging economies, plus the European Union â represent about 90 percent of the world's gross national product, 80 percent of world trade and two-thirds of the global... |more

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  • Wall Street boosted by Caterpillar, Greece debt talk

    ...on the Nasdaq after it warned fiscal 2011 earnings would miss expectations. Speculation Greece could get help from the European Union underpinned the rise in stocks, boosting commodity prices and resource shares as the U.S. dollar weakened. Concerns over rising... 18 m ago |more

  • Europe searches for way out of debt crisis

    ...that the euros fundamental weakness — no common fiscal policy for its wildly diverse economies — has been exposed. The European Union's own government-backed lender said Tuesday that its rules do not permit it to bail out Greece or any other European country... 19 m ago |more

  • Stocks climb on hopes for Greece debt assistance

    ...soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks surged Tuesday morning as hopes grow the European Union will help Greece with its growing debt burden. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed back above 10,000 after closing... 29 m ago |more

  • Wall Street Bounces Back

    ...news from a pair of blue-chip American companies and signals that the European Union may step in with aid for debt-addled Greece helped Wall Street bounce back Tuesday morning. The day started with speculation over a Greek rescue after European Central Bank... 44 m ago |more

  • Stocks climb on hopes for Greece debt assistance

    ...Stock futures are pointing to a higher open Tuesday as hopes grow the European Union will provide Greece with some support for its mounting debt burden. Stocks have been tumbling in recent weeks - the Dow Jones industrial average closed Monday below 10,000... 9:49 AM |more

About European Union

The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht, which was signed in February 1992 and came into force in November 1993, on the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community. With almost 500 million citizens, the EU combined generates an estimated 30% share (US$16.8 trillion in 2007) of the world's nominal gross world product.

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