European Community

Noun

Meaning

an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Europe European Union eu EEC European Economic Community Common Market EC

Hypernyms

international organization international organisation world organisation world organization global organization

Examples

I am not against the provision of the necessary medical assistance to Coloured and natives, because, unless they receive that medical aid, they become a source of danger to the European community. Pieter Willem Botha

I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

The European Community now fills the place in socialist thinking which used to be occupied by the Comintern. Enoch Powell

The idea of the European community is never face a war again. Nana Mouskouri

I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community. John Major

Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country. Jose Manuel Barroso

Close letter words and terms

European Commissioner european common brown frog european common frog European Company european conger european conquest