Concept information
Preferred term
European Community
Definition
- European Community is an official term used to describe a contractual arrangement between fifteen countries in Europe (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom). The European Union, on the other hand, refers to the 1994 Treaty on European Union, which is also called the Mastricht Treaty, named after the city in the Netherlands where the agreement was reached. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; European Community]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/European_Community
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