intergovernmental

intergovernmental Definition

inter·gov·ern·men·tal (-guv′ərn ment′'l)

adjective

of, between, or involving different levels of government, as the federal level and the state level
of, between, or involving the governments of different nations Interpol is an intergovernmental organization

intergovernmental Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

organization: International Coffee Organization The main intergovernmental organization for coffee.
cooperation: Are Member States that favor a European Union as an intergovernmental cooperation ready to take a stance?
treaty: It is governed by an intergovernmental treaty and has diplomatic status in its host country the United Kingdom.
co-operation: Neither do I see any profit in pitting the European institutions against intergovernmental co-operation.
conference: There will then be many months of an intergovernmental Conference.
relation: Economic theory provides some guidance on ways to bring about workable intergovernmental fiscal relations.

Modifying Another Word

purely: Drawn up not by European Union but by Council of Europe, a purely intergovernmental organization.
predominantly: The EU of the future must be generally decentralized and predominantly intergovernmental.

Used with adjective complement

remain: European defense and foreign policy will remain intergovernmental, and will therefore remain the property of the Governments inside the European Union.

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