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[[File:Europe and the European Union.svg|right|thumb|Members of the European Union (in green).]] | [[File:Europe and the European Union.svg|right|thumb|Members of the European Union (in green).]] | ||
The '''European Union''' ('''EU''') is a transnational [[Imperialism|imperialist]] economic, political, and military union of 27 [[Europe|European]] countries. It was founded in the form of the [[European Coal and Steel Community]] in 1952 and has existed in its current form since 1992. The European Union is dominated by wealthy Western European states such as [[France]] and [[Germany]] and exploits member states in Eastern Europe in various forms. The EU functions to allow the unimpeded exportation of capital and movement of migrant labor through the Schengen Area.<ref>[https://inter.kke.gr/en/articles/Drawing-strength-from-the-workerspeoples-struggles-we-fight-against-the-EU-of-imperialist-wars-and-capitalist-exploitation-for-a-Europe-of-peace-peoples-prosperity-and-socialism/ "Drawing strength from the workers’–people’s struggles, we fight against the EU of imperialist wars and capitalist exploitation - for a Europe of peace, people’s prosperity and socialism"] (April 13, 2024). ''inter.kke.gr''.</ref> | The '''European Union''' ('''EU''') is a transnational [[Imperialism|imperialist]] economic, political, and military union of 27 [[Europe|European]] countries. It was founded in the form of the [[European Coal and Steel Community]] in 1952 and has existed in its current form since 1992. The European Union is dominated by wealthy Western European states such as [[France]] and [[Germany]] and exploits member states in Eastern Europe in various forms. The EU functions to allow the unimpeded exportation of capital and movement of migrant labor through the Schengen Area.<ref>[https://inter.kke.gr/en/articles/Drawing-strength-from-the-workerspeoples-struggles-we-fight-against-the-EU-of-imperialist-wars-and-capitalist-exploitation-for-a-Europe-of-peace-peoples-prosperity-and-socialism/ "Drawing strength from the workers’–people’s struggles, we fight against the EU of imperialist wars and capitalist exploitation - for a Europe of peace, people’s prosperity and socialism"] (April 13, 2024). ''inter.kke.gr''.</ref> | ||
==Politics== | |||
===Anti-communism=== | |||
The European Union functions as a [[neoliberal]] and [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] confederation, requiring all member countries have [[Capitalism|capitalist]] economies.<ref>[https://enlargement.ec.europa.eu/enlargement-policy/conditions-membership_en "Conditions for membership"]. ''European Council''.</ref> In January 2025, the European Parliament adopted a resolution which conflated [[communism]] with [[Nazism]] on the basis of pseudo-historical narratives and called for the ban of all communist symbols.<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-10-2025-0006_EN.html "Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine"] (23 January 2025). ''European Parliament''.</ref> | |||
==Member countries== | ==Member countries== | ||
<categorytree mode="pages">Member states of the European Union</categorytree> | <categorytree mode="pages">Member states of the European Union</categorytree> | ||
Latest revision as of 23:35, 10 April 2025
The European Union (EU) is a transnational imperialist economic, political, and military union of 27 European countries. It was founded in the form of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952 and has existed in its current form since 1992. The European Union is dominated by wealthy Western European states such as France and Germany and exploits member states in Eastern Europe in various forms. The EU functions to allow the unimpeded exportation of capital and movement of migrant labor through the Schengen Area.[1]
Politics
Anti-communism
The European Union functions as a neoliberal and anti-communist confederation, requiring all member countries have capitalist economies.[2] In January 2025, the European Parliament adopted a resolution which conflated communism with Nazism on the basis of pseudo-historical narratives and called for the ban of all communist symbols.[3]
Member countries
See also
References
- ↑ "Drawing strength from the workers’–people’s struggles, we fight against the EU of imperialist wars and capitalist exploitation - for a Europe of peace, people’s prosperity and socialism" (April 13, 2024). inter.kke.gr.
- ↑ "Conditions for membership". European Council.
- ↑ "Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine" (23 January 2025). European Parliament.