European Community

American  

noun

1. an association of W European countries that includes the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), the European Economic Community, the European Parliament, and allied organizations. EC

2. European Economic Community.

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European Community British  

noun

1.  EC.  an economic and political association of European States that came into being in 1967, when the legislative and executive bodies of the European Economic Community merged with those of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community: subsumed into the European Union in 1993

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Example Sentences

Under its new leader, what was then the European Community faced enormous challenges including the end of the Cold War, German reunification, and war in the former Yugoslavia.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

He extracted concessions from Japan regarding American semiconductors, from South Korea in letting American insurance companies compete for business, and the European Community on U.S. agricultural products.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021

In 1975, and like a large majority of Britons, Fagg voted “Yes” in a referendum that asked whether Britain should stay in the European Community, the EU’s predecessor.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2020

Mr Delors recognises that if the European Community itself is not the best instrument for a wider and increasing pan-European grouping, some other body will have to be created for just this purpose.

From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2019

The European Community had already begun to scale back sanctions.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela