the European Communitynoun
uk/jʊə.rəˌpiː.ən kəˈmjuː.nə.ti/us/jʊr.əˌpiː.ən kəˈmjuː.nə.t̬i/abbreviation the ECthe organization through which particular European governments made decisions and agreed on shared action in social and economic matters until 1993, when it became the European Union
Examples
- In 1975 the British public voted, in a referendum, to remain in the European Community.
- The Common Agricultural Policy was set up by the European Community in 1962, to create a single market for member states.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
International relations: European politics & government
- arrondissement
- EMS
- emu
- euro
- Eurocrat
- MEP
- the Common Market
- the EC
- the EEC
- the EU
- the European Union
- the Eurozone