European Union - advanced form of international economic integration Prep.Univ.Drd. Gavrilă – Paven Ionela Universitatea „1 Decembrie 1918” Alba Iulia Ionelapaven@yahoo.com Abstract: The European Union is the expression of several evolutionary steps of integration, which it has come regionalism and multilateralism in international economic life. Therefore, the European Union bring better correlation to essential components such as: strategic interests of governmental authorities, interest groups of different nations, interest groups and authorities of third countries; issues on which we will discuss at length in this article. Key words: European Union, economic integration JEL Code: F15