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THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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IMF:
International Monetary Fund
IoT:
Internet of Things
IT:
Information technology
LREM:
La République EnMarche
(The Republic Forward)
MCAA:
Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement
MEP:
Member of the European Parliament
MERCOSUR:
Mercado Común del Sur
(South
American trade bloc)
MP:
Member of Parliament
NAFTA:
North American Free Trade Agreement
NATO:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NGO:
Non-governmental Organization
NHS:
National Health Service
OAS:
Organization of American States
OECD:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development
ÖVP:
Österreichische Volkspartei
(Austrian People’s
Party)
PCP:
Partido Comunista Português
(Portuguese
Communist Party)
PESCO:
Permanent Structured Cooperation
Ph.D:
Philosophiae doctor
(Doctor of Philosophy)
PiS:
Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc
(Law and Justice)
PR:
Public relations
PSD/PPD:
Partido Social Democrata/Partido Popular
Democrático
of Portugal (Social Democratic Party/
Democratic People’s Party)
PSOE:
Partido Socialista Obrero Español
(Spanish
Socialist Worker’s Party)
SEDES:
Associação para o Desenvolvimento Econó
mico e Social
(Association for the economic and
social development)
SGP:
Stability and Growth Pact
SPD:
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
(Social
Democratic Party in Germany)
SRM:
Single Resolution Mechanism
TEU:
The Treaty on European Union
TFEU:
The Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union
TINA:
“There is no alternative”
TPP:
Trans-Pacific Partnership
TTIP:
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
UDI:
Unilateral declaration of independence
UK:
United Kingdom
UN:
United Nations
UNASUR:
Unión de Naciones Suramericanas
(Union
of South American Nations)
UNESCO:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organisation
UNHCR:
Office of United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees
UNIR:
Universidad Internacional de la Rioja
(International University of La Rioja)
UNU-GMN:
United Nations University Institute on
Globalization, Culture and Mobility
USA or US:
United States of America
V4:
Visegrád Group (alliance of the Czech Republic,
Hungary, Poland and Slovakia)
WTO:
World Trade Organization
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