the European Community
noun
uk/jʊə.rəˌpiː.ən kəˈmjuː.nə.ti/us/jʊr.əˌpiː.ən kəˈmjuː.nə.t̬i/(abbreviationthe EC)theorganizationthrough whichparticularEuropeangovernmentsmadedecisionsandagreedonsharedactioninsocialandeconomicmattersuntil 1993, when itbecametheEuropeanUnion
欧洲经济共同体（1993年成为欧洲联盟）- In 1975 the Britishpublicvoted, in areferendum, toremainin theEuropeanCommunity.
- TheCommonAgricultural Policy was set up by theEuropeanCommunity in 1962, tocreateasinglemarketformemberstates.
International relations: European politics & government
- arrondissement
- Brexit
- Brussels
- EMS
- emu
- euro
- Eurocrat
- gold plate
- Grexit
- MEP
- soft Brexitidiom
- the Common Market
- the EC
- the EEC
- the EU
- the European Union
- the Eurozone