The Union Explained

The Union may refer to:

Politics

• The Union (Germany) or CDU/CSU, the partnership of the German political parties the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union
• The Union (Italy), a former coalition of political parties in Italy

Political entities

• The European Union, a political and economic union of 27 member states primarily in Europe
• The Soviet Union, a federal socialist state that spanned much of Europe and Asia from 1922 to 1991
• The Indian Union, a federal parliamentary republic located in South Asia consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories
  • Union Government (India), government empowered by the constitution of India as the central legislative, executive, and judicial authority
• The United Kingdom, a country that includes Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and many islands within the British Isles
  • The Act of Union 1707, which united the kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain
  • The Act of Union 1800, which united the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom
• The United States, a country primarily located in North America comprising 50 states and several territories, districts, and possessions
  • Union (American Civil War), the federal government of the United States and the states loyal to it during the American Civil War (1861–1865)

Film

• The Union (2011 film), a 2011 documentary film by Cameron Crowe
• The Union (2024 film), a 2024 film starring Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry
• , a 2007 documentary about the Canadian marijuana industry
• A fictional company in the 2010 science fiction film Repo Men

Books and newspapers

• The Union (James Bond), a fictional criminal organization in three Raymond Benson novels
• The Union (Marvel Team), a Marvel Comics UK superhero team and Marvel comic book series
• The Union (newspaper), a newspaper in Grass Valley, California, United States
• The Union or Ohio Enterprise, a newspaper for African Americans established in Cincinnati, Ohio by Wendell Dabney

Music

• The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album), 2010
• The Union (band), an English rock band formed in 2009
  • The Union (The Union album), their 2010 album
• The Union (The Glorious Sons album), a 2014 rock album

Other uses

• Cambridge Union, a debating and free speech society in Cambridge, England
• Oxford Union, a debating society in the city of Oxford, England, drawn primarily from the University of Oxford
• The Union (professional wrestling), a stable of wrestlers in the late 1990s
• International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, a global scientific organization headquartered in Paris
• Informal neologism for a labour union

See also

• Union (disambiguation)
  • • Acts of Union 1707, law creating the Kingdom of Great Britain
• Acts of Union 1801, law creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• Perpetual Union, legal concept that binds the various U.S. states together as one nation