The ‘European organisations’ ePublication presents and analyses the development of the main international organisations involved in European integration that have been set up in Western Europe since the end of the Second World War.
European organisations
Introduction © CVCE 
European organisations: origins, development and interactions An overview of institutionalised cooperation in Europe: the role and interactions of the main organisations for cooperation and integration with a European dimension.© CVCE 
European Union A presentation of the European Union’s development from a legal and historical perspective, from the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 to the Treaty of Lisbon in 2009.© EU 
Council of Europe The Council of Europe is the oldest of Europe’s political organisations. This ePublication looks at its origins, aims, responsibilities and internal organisation.© Council of Europe 
Western European Union This ePublication sheds light on WEU’s origins, organisation and activities and its relations with NATO and the EEC, then the EU. Europe’s first security and mutual defence organisation ceased to exist in 2011, with most of its powers and responsibilities being taken up by the EU.© WEU 
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe The CSCE, established between 1973 and 1975 as a diplomatic conference whose purpose was to pave the way for East–West dialogue, became a pan-European security organisation from 1990 onwards. This ePublication looks at the OSCE’s development, composition, organisation and activities.© OSCE