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THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Eurojust:
The European Union’s Judicial Cooperation
Unit
Europol:
European Police Office
FA:
Fundación Alternativas
(Alternatives Foundation)
FES:
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
(Friedrich Ebert
Foundation)
FN:
Front National
(National Front)
FOX:
Fox News Channel
FPÖ:
Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs
(Partido de la
Libertad de Austria)
Frontex:
Frontières extérieures
(External Borders)
G20:
Group of Twenty, International forum for major
economies
GDP:
Gross domestic product
HQ:
Headquarters
ICT:
information and communications technology
IESE:
Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa
(Institute of Higher Business Studies)
ILO:
International Labour Organisation
IPU:
Inter-Parliamentary Union
ISIS:
(so called) Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Daesh
IT:
Information Technology
JCPOA:
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
M15:
Anti-austerity movement in Spain on the 15
th
of
May, 15M Movement
M5S:
El Movimento 5 Stelle
(Five Stars Movement)
MBA:
Master of Business Administration
MEP:
Member of the European Parliament
Mercosur:
Mercado Común del Sur
(Southern Common
Market)
MIT:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MP:
Member of Parliament
NAFTA:
North American Free Trade Agreement
NATO:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEET:
Not in Education, Employment or Training
NGO:
Non-governmental organization
NPD:
Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschland
(National Democratic Party of Germany)
OECD:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development
P5+1:
Five Permanent Members of the UN Security
Council China, France, Russia, United Kingdom
and United States plus Germany
PhD or Ph.D.:
Philosophiae doctor
(Doctor of
Philosophy)
PiS:
Prawo i Sprawiedliwos’c’
(Law and Justice Party in
Poland)
PPP:
Public-private partnership
PSOE:
Partido Socialista Obrero Español
(Spanish
Socialist Worker’s Party)
PVV:
Partij voor de Vrijheid
(Party for Freedom in the
Netherlands)
QE:
Quantitative easing
R&D:
Research and development
R&D+i:
Research, development and innovation
REFIT:
European Commission’s Regulatory Fitness and
Performance
SGP:
Stability and Growth Pact
SPD:
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
(Social
Democratic Party in Germany)
SPPM:
Social Protection Performance Monitor
SVR:
Sachverständigenrat deutscher Stiftungen für
Integration und Migration
(Expert Council of
German Foundations on Integration and Migration)
TEEC:
Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community
TEU:
The Treaty on European Union
TFEU:
The Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union
TPP:
Trans-Pacific Partnership
TSO:
Transmission system operators
TTIP:
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
UK:
United Kingdom
UKIP:
United Kingdom Independence Party
UNHCR:
Office of United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees
USA or US:
United States of America