Guide to the European Union

Dick Leonard

ISBN 10: 1861970927 / ISBN 13: 9781861970923

Published by Economist Books, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Guide to the European Union
• Publisher: Economist Books
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1861970927
• ISBN 13: 9781861970923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very good

About this title

Synopsis

This revised and updated edition of the best-selling guide to the workings of the European Union is invaluable for anyone who wants to understand how the EU has developed and how it works: How the institutions and committees work both in theory and in practiceWhere the money for the EU comes from and where it goesFacts and figures about the bureaucracyThe single market and what it means for businessThe effects and implications of monetary and economic union and a single currencyThe political considerations that will determine the character and size of the European Union in the future.Every sphere of EU activity from workers' and women's rights to fishing and farming

Now in its ninth edition, "The Economist Guide to the European Union" is well established as the most clear and comprehensive guide to how the EU operates. For everyone who lives and works in the EU--and for others who do business with EU countries--there is no better source of reference.

From the Inside Flap

This completely updated tenth edition of the much-acclaimed guide to the EU is in four parts and contains 39 chapters.

The background

The origins

Evolution

Treaties

The institutions

The Commission

The Council of Ministers

The European Council

The European Parliament

The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions

The Court of Justice

The Court of Auditors

The European Investment Bank

Other EU bodies

The bureaucracy: facts, figures and costs

The competences

Agriculture

Aid and development

Citizens’ rights and symbolism

Competition policy

Consumers

Culture and the media

Economic and financial policy

Education

Energy

Environment

Financing the Union

Fisheries

Foreign, defence and security policy

Justice and home affairs

Regional policy

Research and new industries

Social policy

Taxation

The single market

Trade

Transport

Women’s rights

Workers’ rights

Special problems

Enlargement

The UK and the Union

The future