European Union

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The European Union has been working on plans to deport those with no right to stay in the bloc back to Afghanistan, despite concerns from rights groups and the United Nations refugee agency.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Bardella said immigration and the "ever-increasing regulations imposed by the European Commission and the European Union on European industry and on the economies of the eurozone" would be among the issues leaders discussed.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

These findings led to the creation of the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement involving 197 countries and the European Union to limit the use of these chemicals.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

Witness the manner in which trade liberalization in the European Economic Community and its successor, the European Union, brought unparalleled prosperity first to Western Europe and later to the former members of the Warsaw Pact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

In Europe alone, the fall of the wall opened the way for the formation of the European Union and its expansion from fifteen to twenty-five countries.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman