European Convention may refer to:
- The European Convention (child abduction)
- The European Convention on Human Rights, a human rights treaty.
- The European Convention (1999-2000) which drafted the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
- The Convention on the Future of Europe which drafted the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
- In general usage, a new "European Convention" can be called to draft a new EU treaty, uniquely composed of national EU governments, national MPs, MEPs and the European Commission.
Famous quotes containing the words european and/or convention:
“I should think the American admiration of five-minute tourists has done more to kill the sacredness of old European beauty and aspiration than multitudes of bombs would have done.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“Every one knows about the young man who falls in love with the chorus-girl because she can kick his hat off, and his sister’s friends can’t or won’t. But the youth who marries her, expecting that all her departures from convention will be as agile or as delightful to him as that, is still the classic example of folly.”
—Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1879–1944)