Institutions
- European Union
- The Council of the European Union
- EU Presidency
The Presidency of the Council of the European Union is rotated amongst the EU member states and changes every six months. Ireland holds presidency between January 1 and June 30, 2013. Lithuania will take over on July 1, 2013.
- The European Parliament
- European Commission
- European Union Delegation, Washington D.C.
- Court of Justice of the European Communities
- European Court of Auditors
- European Ombudsman
- European Data Protection Supervisor
- The European Investment Bank
- The European Investment Fund
- European Central BankThe ECB is the central bank for Europe's single currency, the euro. The ECB's main task is to maintain the euro's purchasing power and thus price stability in the euro area. The euro area comprises the 16 European Union countries that have introduced the euro since 1999. Estonia is the 17th nation to join the euro on January 1, 2011.
- EURO and Exchange Rates
- European Economic and Social Committee
- Committee of the Regions
Other Reference
- Basic information on the European Union
- Celebrating Europe! 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome
- Schuman Declaration
- The Treaty of Lisbon
- Countries
- Institutions and bodies of the European Union
- EU in the US
- EU on YouTube, sharing the sites and sounds of Europe
This review of the past 50 years reveals an unprecedented success story: what began as the EEC on 25 March 1957 has grown into a union of 27 member states which, after so many painful years of war, expulsion and suffering, now unites the continent in peace and ensures a level of prosperity and stability previously unknown in the history of this continent.
- European Union at the United Nations
- European Capitals of Culture 2013: Košice (Slovakia) and Marseille-Provence (France)
- European Neighborhood Policy
- EC Directorate-General for Education and Culture
