Glossary of Terms

CAP – Common Agricultural Policy

CFP – Common Fisheries Policy

CFSP – Common Foreign and Security Policy

CFI – Court of First Instance

CoR – Committee of the Regions

EC – European Community

ECJ – European Court of Justice

ECHR – European Court of Human Rights

ECSC – European Coal and Steel Community

ECU – European Currency Unit

EDA – European Defence Agency

EDPS – European Data Protection Supervisor

EFTA – European Free Trade Area

EEC – European Economic Community

EESC – European Economic and Social Committee

EMI – European Monetary Institute

EMS – European Monetary System

EMU – Economic and Monetary Union

EPP-ED – European People’s Party-European Democrats

ERM – Exchange Rate Mechanism

ERRF – European Rapid Reaction Force

ESDP – European Security and Defence Policy

EU – European Union

GATT – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GDP – Gross Domestic Product

GNP – Gross National Product

GSP – Growth and Stability Pact

IGC – Intergovernmental Conference

JHA – Justice and Home Affairs

NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

QMV – Qualified Majority Voting

SEA – Single European Act

SGP – Stability and Growth Pact

SIS – Schengen Information System

TEU – Treaty of the European Union

UN – United Nations

WEU – Western European Union

WTO – World Trade Organisation