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

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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But achieving a pan-European industrial base - built to be efficient, avoid duplication, and to replace much of the US capacity relied on by the continent today - would mean some European countries winning more defence contracts than others.

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And his company – EP Group – intends to build a pan-European conglomerate built on three pillars: energy, retail and logistics.

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