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The European Union

What it is and what it does

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This publication is a guide to the European Union (EU) and what it does. The first section explains in brief what the European Union is. The second section, ‘What the European Union does’, describes what the EU is doing in 35 different areas to improve the lives of people in Europe and further afield. The third section, ‘How the European Union makes decisions and takes action’, describes the institutions at the heart of the EU’s decision-making process and how their decisions are translated into actions.

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  • Published: 2018-10-11
  • Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Communication (European Commission)
  • Themes: Activities of the European Union
  • Subject: decision-making , EU institution , EU Member State , EU policy , European Union , operation of the Institutions
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978-92-79-63362-1 10.2775/665897 NA-01-18-045-EN-N
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978-92-79-63364-5 10.2775/45824 NA-01-18-045-EN-C
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