The Economist Guide To The European Union - Hardcover

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Dick Leonard is Senior Adviser to the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. A former MP for Romford, he was an assistant editor of The Economist and later Brussels correspondent for both The Economist and the Observer. He is the author or co-author of twelve books and also acts as a consultant on European affairs.

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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