224. What does the abbreviation EU stand for?

Answer options

1. European Enterprises
2. European Union
3. Unified Union
4. Euro Union

Explanation

The EU is a supranational polity established by the Maastricht Treaty (1992) and now constituted by the TEU and TFEU. In German constitutional law, Germany’s participation is anchored in Article 23 of the Basic Law and governed by the principles of conferral and subsidiarity. EU law enjoys primacy in application (CJEU), while the Federal Constitutional Court maintains identity and ultra vires review in its Solange, Maastricht, and Lisbon judgments. Accordingly, only “European Union” is the legally correct expansion of the abbreviation.