European Union

The European Union is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The member states have a joint policy regarding international sanctions and embargoes.

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Entities

Our standard dataset contains 4,459 entities connected with the European Union. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Topics

4,311Politician 153Diplomat 103Counter-sanctioned entity 70Judge 15Military 11Person of interest 9Sanctioned entity 5Sanction-linked entity

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Entity types

4,347People 26Legal entities

Data sources

We include 12 data sources published by authorities or organizations based in the European Union. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

	Publisher	Updates	Entities
EU Consolidated Travel Bans	Council	daily	4,023
EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities	Council		690
EU Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES)	EC	daily	5
EU ESMA Sanctions	ESMA	daily	635
EU ESMA Suspensions and Removals	ESMA	daily	4,086
EU Financial Instruments Reference Data System (FIRDS)	ESMA	weekly	174,265
EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)	DG FISMA	daily	6,351
EU Prominent Public Functions	OJEU	daily	1,392
EU Sanctions Map	Council	daily	746
Europe Most Wanted Fugitives	EUROPOL	daily	44
European Commitee of the Regions Members	CoR	weekly	926
European Parliament Members	EP	weekly	934

Sanctions programs/policies targeting the European Union

We include 2 programs targeting entities located in the European Union.

ID	Title	Issuer	Target countries
`[CN-AFSL]`	Chinese Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law (AFSL)	NPC China	United States European Union
`[CN-CML]`	Chinese Counter-Measures List	NPC China	United States European Union United Kingdom

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 4,311 entities identified as PEPs connected with the European Union.

National government positions	Number of known occupants
Diplomatic roles	Current	Ended	Status unclear
ambassadeur de Palestine auprès de l'Union européenne	-	2	1
ambassador of Belize to the European Union	-	-	1
ambassador of Bulgaria to the European Union	-	1	-
ambassador of Estonia to the European Union	-	2	-
ambassador of Iceland to the European Union	-	1	-
ambassador of Iran to the European Union	-	2	-
ambassador of Pakistan to the European Union	-	1	1
ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the EU	-	1	-
ambassador of Sweden to the European Union	-	1	-
ambassador of the United Kingdom to the European Union	-	1	-
Chinese Ambassador to the European Union	-	1	1
Permanent representative of Italy to the European Union	-	2	1
Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the European Union	-	4	1

Intergovernmental positions	Number of known occupants
International bodies	Current	Ended	Status unclear
Advocate General of the European Court of Justice	-	1	3
Alternate of the European Committee of the Regions	278	195	-
European Chief Prosecutor	1	-	-
European Commissioner for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age	-	2	1
European Commissioner for A Stronger Europe in the World	-	-	1
European Commissioner for Agriculture	-	5	1
European Commissioner for An Economy that Works for People	-	5	1
European Commissioner for Climate Action	-	3	1
European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms	-	5	1
European Commissioner for Competition	-	3	1
European Commissioner for Consumer Policy	-	1	-
European Commissioner for Consumer Protection	-	1	-
European Commissioner for Democracy and Demography	-	-	1
European Commissioner for Digital Single Market	-	2	-
European Commissioner for Economy	-	2	1
European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth	-	6	1
European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion	-	4	1
European Commissioner for Energy	-	4	1
European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy	-	5	1
European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society	-	1	-
European Commissioner for Equality	-	-	1
European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget	-	7	1
European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	-	-	1
European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy	-	8	1
European Commissioner for Home Affairs	-	2	1
European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship	-	6	1
European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration	-	1	-
European Commissioner for Internal Market	-	6	-
European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development	-	1	1
European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response	-	7	1
European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship	-	4	1
European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries	-	3	1
European Commissioner for Promoting the European Way of Life	-	-	1
European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science	-	4	-
European Commissioner for the Environment	-	4	1
European Commissioner for the Security Union	-	1	-
European Commissioner for Trade	-	7	1
European Commissioner for Transport	-	3	1
European Commissioner for Values and Transparency	-	-	1
First Advocate General of the European Court of Justice	-	-	1
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy	1	2	1
Judge of the European Court of Justice	-	9	47
Member of the European Committee of the Regions	296	155	-
Member of the European Parliament	1,106	2,005	52
President of the Council of the European Union	-	1	-
President of the European Central Bank	-	2	1
President of the European Commission	-	3	1
President of the European Council	1	6	1
President of the European Court of Justice	-	-	1
President of the European Parliament	1	7	-
President-in-Office of the European Council	-	1	-
Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union	1	4	-
Secretary-General of the European Commission	-	3	2
Vice President of the European Parliament	-	16	10
Vice-President of the European Commission	-	5	7

Subnational government positions
No positions for this category

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...

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