European Community

Example Sentences

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It is thought this change is so the project does not sound too much like the European Community, an early name of the EU.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2022

He extracted concessions from Japan regarding American semiconductors, from South Korea in letting American insurance companies compete for business, and the European Community on U.S. agricultural products.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021

In 1975, and like a large majority of Britons, Fagg voted “Yes” in a referendum that asked whether Britain should stay in the European Community, the EU’s predecessor.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2020

But whatever their doubts about economic restructuring, all the signs are that the Hungarians and the Poles want to move politically closer to the European Community.

From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2019

I was aware that the European Community and the States were inclined to relax sanctions based on Mr. de Klerk’s reforms.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela