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THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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G20:
Group of Twenty (Argentina, Australia, Brazil,
Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indone-
sia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United
Kingdom and the United States –along with the
European Union)
GDP:
Gross domestic product
HNC:
High Negotiations Committee
IDB:
Inter-American Development Bank
IED:
Instituto de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento
(Research Institute for Development)
IG:
Integrated guidelines
ILO:
International Labour Organisation
IMCO:
Committee on the Internal Market and Con-
sumer Protection of the European Parliament
IMF:
International Monetary Fund
INDC:
Intended nationally determined contribution
IOM:
International Organization for Migration
IPCC:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IS:
Islamic State
ISPI:
Institute for International Political Studies
ISSG:
International Syria Support Group
IULM:
Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione
(University Institute for Modern Languages)
LSNS:
L’udová strana – Naše Slovensko
(The People’s
Party Our Slovakia)
LTRO:
Long Term Refinancing Operations
M.A.:
Master of Arts
MBA:
Master in Business Administration
MEP:
Member of the European Parliament
MP:
Member of Parliament
MS:
Member States
NATO:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NGO:
Non-governmental organization
NSN:
North Sea Network
NUTS:
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
OECD:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation
PASOK:
Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima
(Socialdemo-
cratic Left of Greece)
PES:
Party of European Socialists
PhD or Ph.D:
Philosophiæ doctor
(Doctor of Philoso-
phy)
PiS:
Prawo i Sprawiedliwošc
(Law and Justice Party)
PKK:
Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan
(Kurdistan Workers’
Party)
PNR:
European Passenger Name Record
PPP:
Purchasing Power Parities
PSOE:
Partido Socialista Obrero Español
(Spanish So-
cialist Workers’ Party)
PYD:
Democratic Union Party
RDCY:
Renmin University of China
REGI:
Committee on Regional Development of the
European Parliament
RWTH:
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochs-
chule
(Rheinish-Westphalian Technical High
School)
S&D:
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
SGP:
Stability and Growth Pact
SIP:
Social Imbalances Procedure
SIS:
Schengen Information System
SMER:
Smersociálna demokracia, Smer-SD
(Social
Democratic Party of Slovakia)
SPD:
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
(So-
cialdemocratic Party Germany)
TFEU:
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Un-
ion
TLTRO:
Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Opera-
tions
TTIP:
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
UK:
United Kingdom
UKIP:
United Kingdom Independence Party
UN:
United Nations
UNCCUE:
Unión Nacional de Cooperativas Consumi-
dores y Usuarios de España
(Consumers and Us-
ers Cooperatives’ National Union)
UNFCCC:
United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change
UNICEF:
United Nations Children’s Fund
UNSC:
United Nations Security Council
USA or U.S.:
United States of America
USD:
United States dollar
WB:
World Bank
YEI:
Youth Employment Initiative
YPG:
People’s Protection Units
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