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WEU

British  

abbreviation

  1. Western European Union

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"What happens if Saddam is persuaded to pull out of Kuwait, yet retains his army, his ambitions and a good deal of resentment?" asks a senior European adviser at the WEU meeting in Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

A commissioner, probably British, would oversee the Saar on behalf of WEU, but an elected Landtag of Saarlanders would continue to run Saar affairs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The vote on the key WEU pact was 184-110, the others even more decisive.

From Time Magazine Archive

When France refused to attend this month's WEU meeting, Paris claimed that what Britain wanted to discuss was the Common Market, a subject technically off-limits to the WEU.

From Time Magazine Archive

WEU Member States agree on the need to develop a genuine European security and defence identity and a greater European responsibility on defence matters.

From The Treaty of the European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992 by European Union

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