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Statements consisting only of original research should be removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2010</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>continental union</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Regional_organization" title="Regional organization">regional organization</a> which facilitates pan-continental integration.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Continental unions vary from collaborative <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Intergovernmental organization">intergovernmental organizations</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Supranational_union" title="Supranational union">supranational</a> <a href="/wiki/Political_union" title="Political union">politico</a>-<a href="/wiki/Economic_union" title="Economic union">economic unions</a>. Continental unions are a relatively new type of political entity in the history of human government. Throughout most of <a href="/wiki/Human_history" title="Human history">human history</a>, <a href="/wiki/Political_organisation" title="Political organisation">political organization</a> has been at the local level (e.g. tribal, <a href="/wiki/City-state" title="City-state">city state</a>) and in more recent centuries, the sub-regional ("regional")/sub-continental level (e.g. river system/basin empires, the modern "nation-state"); however, starting with the advent of better transportation, weapons and communication there was for the first time the ability for a union of member states to organize at the continental level. After the devastation of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World Wars</a> in the middle of the twentieth century, Europe began to slowly integrate with the founding of the "<a href="/wiki/European_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="European Community">European Community</a>", which became a political union covering much of the European continent (27 member states as of February 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-Brit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bene_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bene-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Parl_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supranational_unions">Supranational unions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Supranational unions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Supranational_union" title="Supranational union">Supranational union</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Union">European Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: European Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a></div> <p>The European Union (<b>EU</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Supranational_union" title="Supranational union">supranational</a> <a href="/wiki/Economic_union" title="Economic union">economic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Political_union" title="Political union">political union</a><sup id="cite_ref-Oxford_Dictionary_of_English_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oxford_Dictionary_of_English-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 27 <a href="/wiki/Member_State_of_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Member State of the European Union">member states</a> in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>. Committed to <a href="/wiki/European_integration" title="European integration">integration</a> and <a href="/wiki/Governance" title="Governance">governance</a> of European states and nations. The EU was established by the <a href="/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty" title="Maastricht Treaty">Treaty of Maastricht</a> on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing <a href="/wiki/European_Economic_Community" title="European Economic Community">European Economic Community</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EU1993_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EU1993-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> has been created, directly elected by <a href="/wiki/European_Union_citizenship" title="European Union citizenship">citizens of the EU</a>. With almost 450 million citizens, the EU combined generates an estimated 30% share (<a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>18.4 trillion in 2008) of the nominal <a href="/wiki/Gross_world_product" title="Gross world product">gross world product</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GDP_IMF_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDP_IMF-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The EU has developed a <a href="/wiki/European_single_market" title="European single market">single market</a>, <a href="/wiki/Economic_and_Monetary_Union_of_the_European_Union" title="Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union">Economic and Monetary Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_Union_Customs_Union" title="European Union Customs Union">Customs Union</a>, through a standardised system of laws which apply in all Union territory, ensuring the <a href="/wiki/Four_Freedoms_(European_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Four Freedoms (European Union)">free movement of people, goods, services, and capital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Europa_Internal_Market_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Europa_Internal_Market-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It maintains common policies on trade,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Common_Agricultural_Policy" title="Common Agricultural Policy">agriculture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_Fisheries_Policy" title="Common Fisheries Policy">fisheries</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Regional_policy_of_the_European_Union" title="Regional policy of the European Union">regional development</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twenty member states have adopted a common currency, the <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a>, constituting the <a href="/wiki/Eurozone" title="Eurozone">Eurozone</a>. The EU has developed a limited role in foreign policy, having representation at the <a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization" title="World Trade Organization">WTO</a>, <a href="/wiki/G8" title="G8">G8</a>, <a href="/wiki/G-20_major_economies" class="mw-redirect" title="G-20 major economies">G20</a> and at the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">UN</a>. It enacts legislation in justice and <a href="/wiki/Interior_ministry" title="Interior ministry">home affairs</a>, including the abolition of passport controls by an agreement between the member states which form the <a href="/wiki/Schengen_Area" title="Schengen Area">Schengen Area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Internal_borders_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internal_borders-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Intergovernmental_organizations">Intergovernmental organizations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Intergovernmental organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="African_Union">African Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: African Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/African_Union" title="African Union">African Union</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/African_Union" title="African Union">African Union</a> (<b>AU</b>), at a size of 29,757,900 square kilometres (11,489,589 sq mi) and a population of 1 billion, is by far the largest of the existing continental unions in terms of both land mass and population.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It includes all <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">African</a> countries. </p><p>The African Union was formed as a successor to the <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_African_Unity" class="mw-redirect" title="Organization of African Unity">Organization of African Unity</a> (OAU).<sup id="cite_ref-African_Union_2002_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-African_Union_2002-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most important decisions of the AU are made by the <a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_African_Union" title="Assembly of the African Union">Assembly of the African Union</a>, a semi-annual meeting of the heads of state and government of its member states. The AU's secretariat, the <a href="/wiki/African_Union_Commission" title="African Union Commission">African Union Commission</a>, is based in <a href="/wiki/Addis_Ababa" title="Addis Ababa">Addis Ababa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>. During the February 2009 Union meeting headed by former <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libyan</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Gaddafi" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaddafi">Gaddafi</a>, it was resolved that the <a href="/wiki/African_Union_Commission" title="African Union Commission">African Union Commission</a> would become the <a href="/wiki/African_Union_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="African Union Authority">African Union Authority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The African Union is made up of both political and administrative bodies. The highest decision-making organ of the African Union is the Assembly, made up of all the heads of state or government of member states of the AU. As of 2017, the Assembly is chaired by <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Cond%C3%A9" title="Alpha Condé">Alpha Condé</a>. The AU also has a representative body, the <a href="/wiki/Pan-African_Parliament" title="Pan-African Parliament">Pan-African Parliament</a>, which consists of 265 members elected by the national parliaments of the AU member states. The current president of the Pan-African Parliament is Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi. Other political institutions of the AU include the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_the_African_Union" title="Executive Council of the African Union">Executive Council</a>, made up of foreign ministers, which prepares decisions for the Assembly; the Permanent Representatives Committee, made up of the ambassadors to Addis Ababa of AU member states; and the Economic, Social, and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), a civil society consultative body. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Union_of_South_American_Nations">Union of South American Nations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Union of South American Nations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_American_Nations" title="Union of South American Nations">Union of South American Nations</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Forum_for_the_Progress_and_Development_of_South_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Forum for the Progress and Development of South America">Forum for the Progress and Development of South America</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_American_Nations" title="Union of South American Nations">Union of South American Nations</a> (commonly referred to by its Spanish acronym <b>UNASUR</b>) is an <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmentalism" title="Intergovernmentalism">intergovernmental</a> union integrating two existing <a href="/wiki/Customs_union" title="Customs union">customs unions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mercosur" title="Mercosur">Mercosur</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Andean_Community_of_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="Andean Community of Nations">Andean Community of Nations</a>, as part of a continuing process of <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South American</a> integration. It is modeled on the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at one time included all of continental South America, except for <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a> (which is an <a href="/wiki/Overseas_department" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department">overseas department</a> of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, and therefore part of the European Union). <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> hold <a href="/wiki/Observer_status" title="Observer status">observer status</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/UNASUR_Constitutive_Treaty" title="UNASUR Constitutive Treaty">UNASUR Constitutive Treaty</a> was signed on May 23, 2008, at the Third Summit of Heads of State, held in <a href="/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia" title="Brasília">Brasília</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>. In accordance with the Treaty, the Secretariat is located in <a href="/wiki/Quito" title="Quito">Quito</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a> and the seat of the planned <a href="/wiki/South_American_Parliament" title="South American Parliament">South American Parliament</a> is to be located in <a href="/wiki/Cochabamba" title="Cochabamba">Cochabamba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a>. The headquarters of the planned <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_the_South" title="Bank of the South">Bank of the South</a> (BancoSur) were to be located in <a href="/wiki/Caracas" title="Caracas">Caracas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> but have been delayed for numerous reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-RCdelay_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RCdelay-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The South American Defence Council was formed on July 20, 2008, and had its first meeting on March 10, 2009. On May 4, 2010, the Heads of State of the <a href="/wiki/Member_State_of_the_Union_of_South_American_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="Member State of the Union of South American Nations">Member States</a> unanimously elected former <a href="/wiki/Argentine" class="mw-redirect" title="Argentine">Argentine</a> <a href="/wiki/President_of_Argentina" title="President of Argentina">President</a> <a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9stor_Kirchner" title="Néstor Kirchner">Néstor Kirchner</a> as the first <a href="/wiki/List_of_Secretaries_General_of_UNASUR" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Secretaries General of UNASUR">Secretary General of UNASUR</a>. </p><p>In early 2019, the majority of South America had left UNASUR and formed a second continental union, the <a href="/wiki/Forum_for_the_Progress_and_Development_of_South_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Forum for the Progress and Development of South America">Forum for the Progress and Development of South America</a> (commonly referred to as <b>PROSUR</b>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Similar_political_entities">Similar political entities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Similar political entities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asia_Cooperation_Dialogue">Asia Cooperation Dialogue</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Asia Cooperation Dialogue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asia_Cooperation_Dialogue_member_states.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Asia_Cooperation_Dialogue_member_states.svg/400px-Asia_Cooperation_Dialogue_member_states.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Asia_Cooperation_Dialogue_member_states.svg/600px-Asia_Cooperation_Dialogue_member_states.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Asia_Cooperation_Dialogue_member_states.svg/800px-Asia_Cooperation_Dialogue_member_states.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1314" /></a><figcaption><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFC000; color:black;"> </span> Member States of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue</div></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Asia_Cooperation_Dialogue" title="Asia Cooperation Dialogue">Asia Cooperation Dialogue</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Asia_Cooperation_Dialogue" title="Asia Cooperation Dialogue">Asia Cooperation Dialogue</a> is an <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Intergovernmental organization">intergovernmental organization</a> created on 18 June 2002 to promote <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asian</a> cooperation at a continental level and to help integrate separate <a href="/wiki/Regional_organization" title="Regional organization">regional organizations</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/ASEAN" title="ASEAN">ASEAN</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_Economic_Union" title="Eurasian Economic Union">Eurasian Economic Union</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council" title="Gulf Cooperation Council">Gulf Cooperation Council</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation" title="South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation">SAARC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RU&TR_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RU&TR-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Council_of_Europe">Council of Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Council of Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a></div> <p>Although generally not considered a traditional continental union, the Council of Europe is an <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Intergovernmental organization">intergovernmental organization</a> that spans the majority of states considered "<a href="/wiki/Pan-European_identity" title="Pan-European identity">European</a>". As an intergovernmental organization, the council's focus is on <a href="/wiki/Diplomacy" title="Diplomacy">political dialogue</a> relating to the upholding of <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">democracy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rule_of_law" title="Rule of law">rule of law</a> in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-AsiaCoE_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AsiaCoE-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eurasian_Economic_Union">Eurasian Economic Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Eurasian Economic Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eurasian_Economic_Union.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Eurasian_Economic_Union.svg/400px-Eurasian_Economic_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Eurasian_Economic_Union.svg/600px-Eurasian_Economic_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Eurasian_Economic_Union.svg/800px-Eurasian_Economic_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2754" data-file-height="1398" /></a><figcaption><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#307030; color:white;"> </span> Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#a0d020; color:black;"> </span> Observer states</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0080ff; color:black;"> </span> Other candidate states</div></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_Economic_Union" title="Eurasian Economic Union">Eurasian Economic Union</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_the_Eurasian_Economic_Union" title="Enlargement of the Eurasian Economic Union">Enlargement of the Eurasian Economic Union</a></div> <p>The Eurasian Economic Union was founded in January 2015, consisting of <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and observer members <a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>; all of them (except Cuba) being previous constituent states of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. The Eurasian Union is a transcontinental union as <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Eurasian_Economic_Union" title="Member states of the Eurasian Economic Union">members</a> include states from both Europe and Asia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Political_Community">European Political Community</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: European Political Community"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:European_Political_Community.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/European_Political_Community.svg/220px-European_Political_Community.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/European_Political_Community.svg/330px-European_Political_Community.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/European_Political_Community.svg/440px-European_Political_Community.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="520" /></a><figcaption>Countries participating in the European Political Community</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/European_Political_Community" title="European Political Community">European Political Community</a></div> <p>The European Political Community (EPC), established in 2022, is an intergovernmental forum consisting of 47 states which focuses on political and strategic discussions about the future of Europe. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organization_of_American_States">Organization of American States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Organization of American States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_American_States" title="Organization of American States">Organization of American States</a></div> <p>Although generally not considered a traditional continental union, the Organization of American States (OAS) is an <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Intergovernmental organization">intergovernmental organization</a> that spans the majority of states considered within the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a>. As an intergovernmental organization, the OAS's focus is on political dialog relating to the purposes of <a href="/wiki/Regional" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional">regional</a> <a href="/wiki/Solidarity" title="Solidarity">solidarity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peace" title="Peace">peace</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cooperation" title="Cooperation">cooperation</a> among the states of the Americas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pacific_Islands_Forum">Pacific Islands Forum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pacific Islands Forum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islands_Forum" title="Pacific Islands Forum">Pacific Islands Forum</a></div> <p>Although generally not considered a traditional continental union, the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is an <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Intergovernmental organization">intergovernmental organization</a> that spans the majority of independent states and dependent territories within the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>. As an intergovernmental organization, the PIF's focus is on political dialog relating to the enhancement of cooperation and <a href="/wiki/Economic_development" title="Economic development">economic and social well-being</a> among states within the Pacific Ocean. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Union_for_the_Mediterranean">Union for the Mediterranean</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Union for the Mediterranean"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Union_for_the_Mediterranean" title="Union for the Mediterranean">Union for the Mediterranean</a></div> <p>Although generally not considered a traditional continental union, the Union for the Mediterranean is an <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Intergovernmental organization">intergovernmental organization</a> and a transcontinental union as <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Union_for_the_Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Member states of the Union for the Mediterranean">members</a> include most states from Europe (including the whole European Union itself representing them with a full membership even if not all these countries are Mediterranean, and a few other European countries, notably applicants to the European Union which participate as observers), and most states bordering the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to Western Asia (a few of them are observers, or are states whose membership is temporarily suspended). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geopolitical_terminology">Geopolitical terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Geopolitical terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Canadian_usage">In Canadian usage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: In Canadian usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/North_American_integration" title="North American integration">North American integration</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/North_American_Union" title="North American Union">North American Union</a></div> <p>In Canadian history and political science, the term "Continental Union" refers to the idea of creating a union between Canada and the United States, either by forming a new, super-national body in which both countries would become equal members, or by the United States annexing Canada. The ideology which favours Canadian integration with the United States, economically or politically, is known as "<a href="/wiki/Continentalism" title="Continentalism">continentalism</a>", the more radical version which favours Canada becoming part of the United States is called "<a href="/wiki/Annexationism" class="mw-redirect" title="Annexationism">annexationism</a>". Continentalism has historically been one of three theories of Canadian nationality that predominated in English Canadian thought, the others being pro-British "Imperialism", and <a href="/wiki/Canadian_nationalism" title="Canadian nationalism">Canadian nationalism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, the concept of a <a href="/wiki/North_American_Union" title="North American Union">North American Union</a> between Canada, the United States, and Mexico has been discussed in policy and academic circles since the concluding of the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement" title="North American Free Trade Agreement">North American Free Trade Agreement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Building_NAC_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Building_NAC-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NationalPost_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NationalPost-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Continentalism" title="Continentalism">Continentalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="International organisation">International organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_alliances" title="List of military alliances">List of military alliances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation" title="Shanghai Cooperation Organisation">Shanghai Cooperation Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supranational_union" title="Supranational union">Supranational union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_bloc" title="Trade bloc">Trade bloc</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-RU&TR-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RU&TR_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> is a member of both the Asia Cooperation Dialogue and the Council of Europe.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AsiaCoE-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AsiaCoE_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> are members of the Council of Europe. Yet, the overwhelming majority of the territory administered by these states is traditionally considered to lie within Asia.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Continental_union&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Brit-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Brit_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/347042/London-Customs-Convention">Benelux customs and economic reforms greatly foreshadowed those of the EU</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bene-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bene_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091109175440/http://www.benelux.be/en/rgm/rgm_vdg_instelling.asp">"Benelux social reforms greatly foreshadowed those of the EU"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.benelux.be/en/rgm/rgm_vdg_instelling.asp">the original</a> on 2009-11-09<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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