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It has been described by some as the "President of the European Union" but a more common analogy is "Prime Minister of the European Union" given the style of position over a cabinet government. [2] [3] Current holder Ursula von der Leyen: Member State Germany: Party European People's Party: Since 1 December 2019 President of the European Parliament
Russia–European Union relations are the international relations between the European Union (EU) and Russia. [1] Russia borders five EU member states: Estonia , Finland , Latvia , Lithuania and Poland ; the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad is surrounded by EU members.
The number and list of the founding fathers of the EU varies depending on the source. In a publication from 2013 the European Union listed 11 men. All but one (Winston Churchill from the United Kingdom) were from the Inner Six of the European Union. Some sources list only a subset of the 11 men as founding fathers.
The Group consists of the 6-7-8 largest industrialized democracies, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and formerly Russia. The European Union is also a member since 1977, represented by the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Council, which before 2009 was the ...
The official title President of the European Union (or President of Europe) does not exist, but there are a number of presidents of European Union institutions, including: the President of the European Council (since 1 December 2024, António Costa) the President of the European Commission (since 1 December 2019, Ursula von der Leyen)
The European Union imposed heavy sanctions on Russia and agreed on a pooled military aid package to Ukraine for lethal weapons funded via the European Peace Facility off-budget instrument. [ 93 ] [ 94 ] Likewise, neighbouring EU member countries received a mass influx of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the conflict over the course of the first weeks ...
Hungary - which has maintained close ties to Russia since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine - took on the EU's rotating six-month presidency at the start of this month.
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the privileges and obligations of membership. They have agreed by the treaties to share their own sovereignty through the institutions of the European Union in certain aspects of government.