Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றிய வரலாறு" in Tamil language version.
Our theoretical analysis suggests that the EC/EU is neither a federation nor a confederation in the classical sense. But it does claim that the European political and economic elites have shaped and moulded the EC/EU into a new form of international organization, namely, a species of "new" confederation.