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The European Stability Mechanism is a permanent crisis resolution mechanism for the countries of the euro area.  
An economic and political union of 28 European member states.


The ESM issues debt instruments in order to finance loans and other forms of financial assistance to euro area Member States.
The current members are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,  Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
 
 
The three areas which form the union are:
 
*The European Community
*Common Foreign and Security Policy
*Police and Judicial co-operation in Criminal Matters
 
 
The legislature of the EU includes the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission. 
 
The EU's judicial bodies are the European Court of Justice which includes the General Court and the Court of Auditors.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[AMC]]
* [[BUL]]
* [[European Financial Stability Facility]]
* [[CEBR]]
* [[Direct effect]]
* [[Directive]]
* [[euro zone]]
* [[European Commission]]
* [[European Community ]]
* [[European Economic and Monetary Union]]
* [[European Economic Area]]
* [[European Investment Bank]]
* [[European Parliament]]
* [[Official Journal of the European Union]]
* [[Regulation]]

Revision as of 14:20, 17 June 2016

(EU).

An economic and political union of 28 European member states.

The current members are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.


The three areas which form the union are:

  • The European Community
  • Common Foreign and Security Policy
  • Police and Judicial co-operation in Criminal Matters


The legislature of the EU includes the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission.

The EU's judicial bodies are the European Court of Justice which includes the General Court and the Court of Auditors.


See also