Pan-European

[pan-yoor-uh-pee-uhn]

adjective

1. of or relating to all or most of the countries of Europe.

Pan-European

adjective

1. of or relating to all European countries or the advocacy of political or economic unity among European countries

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pan-European¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The as-yet unnamed company will be headquartered in the southern French city and space hub of Toulouse, and employ around 25,000 people distributed across teams in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the U.K., in a bid to operate as a truly pan-European business, the Thales executive added.

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Pan-European private-equity firm PAI Partners and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority are investing €1.4 billion in the business, according to two people familiar with the matter.

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For others analysing market moves, it is a pan-European trend, and if anything, a sign of UK growth outperformance, meaning there is less room to cut interest rates.

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Citing a 2023 report, the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health said that heat-related mortality in Europe has increased by 30% in the past two decades, with more than 100,000 deaths recorded.

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"Other than that, he seemed to flee the public debate and went shaking hands in the pan-European radical right instead," Mr Magdin mentions, referring to meetings in Poland, France and Italy right before the vote.

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