Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- A reader’s guide
- Abbreviations
- 1 General introduction
- Part I EU history, institutions and legal dimension
- Part II EU market integration
- Part III EU monetary integration
- Part IV The single European market
- Part V EU budget and structural policies
- Part VI EU external relations
- Part VII The future of the EU
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Index
Part I - EU history, institutions and legal dimension
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- A reader’s guide
- Abbreviations
- 1 General introduction
- Part I EU history, institutions and legal dimension
- Part II EU market integration
- Part III EU monetary integration
- Part IV The single European market
- Part V EU budget and structural policies
- Part VI EU external relations
- Part VII The future of the EU
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Index
Summary
EU history, institutions and legal dimension
The aim of this part of the book is to provide a general background to the EU. Chapter 2 gives a short account of the history of European integration and the development of the EU. Chapter 3 provides a general description of EU institutions and their functioning. Chapter 4 explores the legal dimension in EU integration. Chapter 5 is a general survey of the bare essentials of the EU economy, mainly using charts, with the full statistical tables available on the website; it covers the major economic indicators for the present EU27 MSs, as well as those involved in imminent enlargements and, to enable comparison, for the rest of those in the group of eight (G8, now G20).
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- The European UnionEconomics and Policies, pp. 17 - 18Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011