They are, as listed in Article 13 of the Treaty on European Union the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the Court of Auditors.

Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community (Rome, 25 March 1957).

Article 125 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union expressly forbids the mutualization of debt.

It was reaffirmed within the treaty admitting Finland to the European Union.

Treaty Establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (Paris, 18 April 1951).

The reform treaty that is to be adopted in 2009 is aimed at overcoming the EU s supposed democratic deficit.

A final way of thinking about the EU is as the ever closer union referred to in the Treaty of Rome and echoed in the Maastricht Treaty.

New EU member states are meeting their individual Kyoto commitments. Most are committed to reducing emissions by 8 by 2010.

Under the Treaty of Rome, Ukraine, as a European country, qualifies as a potential EU member.

But, given the Treaty of Nice, this will lead to the EU s internal disintegration and the formation of two camps the EU of integration and the EU of the Common Market.

The Lisbon Treaty envisages the EU as a highly outward looking entity on the international stage.

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The EU s fiscal compact, whatever its final form, will be little more than a sideshow.

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PARIS In 2005, two founding members of the European Union, France and the Netherlands, rejected by popular referendum the EU s proposed constitutional treaty.

The institutions of the European Union are the seven principal decision making bodies of the European Union.

Certainly, the EU will continue to exist and its institutions will continue to function, for better or worse, on the foundation of the Treaty of Nice.

Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?

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FEE further recommends that the board should disclose its reasons for considering a non executive (or supervisory) director to be independent.

Ratification of a new EU treaty and the adaptation of national constitutions would inevitably require referenda in a number of countries.

Fundamental elements proposed by the European Union, in conformity with the Common Position adopted by the EU Council of Ministers, to be inserted in the Final Document of the 2005 NPT Conference concerning Main Committee III

Would the European Union survive? The answer depends on what one means by the EU.

(e) Consider the need for further review of the international arrangement, in order that it continue to be dynamic and adapt to evolving conditions, and consider ways of helping member States to participate actively in such a review.

The Lisbon Treaty offers a fundamental redesign of how the Union works, but, despite the pressing need to enhance EU institutions mobility and flexibility, it is still awaiting ratification.

But why, in light of these developments, the EU bothered to enact the Lisbon Treaty is increasingly hard to understand.

As the Lisbon Treaty comes into force, the European Union is, I believe, uniquely suited to take on its leadership responsibilities.

The EU s leaders recently stated their intention to revisit the Maastricht structure, which in principle is a good idea.

The Lisbon Treaty also succeeds in tackling another major weakness of the EU its ineffectiveness.

The European Union will then follow with a mission of its own, and we will support the EU in this endeavor.