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A
Abstention, constructive (positive abstention)
Accession criteria (Copenhagen criteria)
Accession negotiations
Accession partnership
Acquis
Animal welfare
Annual growth survey
Antitrust control
Audiovisual
Audiovisual media services directive
B
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Budget
C
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Charter of Fundamental Rights
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Civil protection
Civil Service Tribunal
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Climate action
Codification
Collective defence
Comitology
Committee of the Regions
Committees and working parties
Common agricultural policy (CAP)
Common fisheries policy (CFP)
Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
Common organisation of agricultural markets (COM)
Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)
Community and intergovernmental methods
Competition
Competitiveness
Composition of the European Commission
Conciliation Committee
Conferral
Confirmation of the European Commission
Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
Consent procedure
Consolidation
Consultation procedure
Consumer protection
Convergence criteria
Copernicus
CORDIS
Coreper
COREU (CORespondance EUropéenne)
Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Council of the European Union
Court of Auditors
Court of Justice
Court of Justice of the European Union
Culture
Customs union
D
Deepening and widening
Delegated acts
Democratic deficit
Development cooperation
Distribution of competences
E
Economic, social and territorial cohesion
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
Economic governance
Economic policy
Education
Electronic communication networks
Electronic communications
Electronic communication services
Employment
Employment Committee
Energy
Enhanced cooperation
Enlargement
Enterprise policy
Environment
Environmental liability
Equality between women and men
Equal opportunities
EU-28 and candidate countries
EU action (CFSP)
EU citizenship
EU law
EU legal instruments
EU powers and competences
EURES - European Employment Services
Euro area
Eurogroup
Eurojust
Europe's banking union
European arrest warrant
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
European Banking Authority (EBA)
European Central Bank (ECB)
European Commission
European Company
European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
European Council
European Development Fund
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
European Economic Area (EEA)
European Employment Strategy (EES)
European External Action Service (EEAS)
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
European governance
European institutions
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
European Investment Bank (EIB)
European Judicial Network in criminal matters (EJN)
European Parliament
European political parties
European Public Prosecutor's Office
European Research Area (ERA)
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
European security and defence identity
European Semester
European Social Fund (ESF)
European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs)
European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
European System of Central Banks
European Union
European Union (EU) hierarchy of norms
European Union agencies
Europe ‘à la carte’
Europol (European Police Office)
Eurosystem
EU Trade policy
Excessive deficit procedure (EDP)
Excessive imbalance procedure
F
Fight against drugs
Fight against fraud
Fight against organised crime
Fight against racism and xenophobia
Fight against terrorism
Food safety
Freedom and security
Free movement of persons, asylum and immigration
G
Galileo
General Court
Genetically modified organisms (GMO)
Globalisation of the economy
Green Paper
H
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Horizon 2020
Humanitarian aid
Human rights
I
Implementing acts
Information Society
Institutional balance
Intellectual Property
Internal Security Strategy (ISS)
Ioannina compromise
J
Joint undertakings
Judicial cooperation in civil matters
Justice
K
Kyoto Protocol
L
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Legislative acts
M
Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP)
Measures to combat money laundering
Member States
Mergers
Monetary policy
Monitoring the application of EU law
Multiannual Financial Framework
Mutual defence clause
‘Multi-speed’ Europe
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National parliaments
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)
Natura 2000
Neighbourhood Policy
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS)
Non-discrimination (the principle of)
Non-legislative acts
‘New-look’ NATO
O
OLAF (European Anti-Fraud Office)
Ombudsman
Open method of coordination
Opting out
Ordinary legislative procedure (Codecision)
Outermost regions
Overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
Own resources
P
Parliamentary committees
Permanent structured cooperation
Petersberg tasks
Petitions
Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters
Political and Security Committee (PSC)
Pre-accession assistance
Pre-accession strategy
Precautionary Principle
Presidency of the Council of the European Union
President of the European Commission
President of the European Council
Proportionality principle
Public health
Public procurement
Public service
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Qualified majority
R
REACH (regulatory framework for chemicals)
Recasting of legislation
Reinforced qualified majority
Research and development
Revision of the Treaties
Right of initiative
Rule of law
Rural development
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Schengen (Agreement and Convention)
Screening
Services of general economic interest
Simplification of legislation
Single resolution mechanism
Single supervisory mechanism
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Social dialogue
Social partners
Social policy
Social services of general interest (SSGIs)
Solidarity clause
Specialised courts
Stabilisation and Association Process
Stability and Growth Pact
Standing Committee on Internal Security
State aid
Statute for Members of the European Parliament
Structural and Investment Funds
Subsidiarity
Subsidiary powers
Suspension clause
Sustainable development
T
TAIEX (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange)
Taxation
Tax harmonisation
The European Union’s external action
Trans-European networks (TEN)
Transparency (access to documents)
Transparency of Council proceedings
Transport policy EU
Treaties
Trio
U
Unanimity
Uniform electoral procedure for the European Parliament
Union for the Mediterranean
Unitary patent
Universal service
V
Vocational training
‘Variable-geometry’ Europe
W
Weighting of votes in the Council
White paper
Withdrawal clause
Y
Youth