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This unique collection of data includes concise definitions and explanations relating to all aspects of the European Union. It explains the terminology surrounding the EU, and outlines the roles and significance of its institutions, member countries, foreign relations, programmes and policies, treaties and personalities. It contains over 1,000 clear and succinct definitions and explains acronyms and abbreviations, which are arranged alphabetically and fully cross-referenced.Among the 1,000 entries you can find explanations of and background details on: ACP states Article 50 Brexit competition policy Donald Tusk the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund the euro Greece Jean-Claude Juncker Europol migration and asylum policy the Schengen Agreement the Single Supervisory Mechanism the single rulebook the Treaty of Lisbon Ukraine

À l'heure du Brexit, ce dictionnaire encyclopédique offre une vision kaléidoscopique de l'état de l'Union. Rassemblant plus d'une soixantaine d'universitaires relevant de divers domaines des sciences sociales et humaines, cet ouvrage cherche à présenter la construction européenne et le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne de manière aussi originale que dynamique.À partir d'une sélection d'entrées, qu'ils ont voulu diversifiées afin de conjuguer l'inédit à l'attendu, les concepteurs de ce dictionnaire encyclopédique ont retenu une approche appréhendant les mécanismes et processus décisionnels propres à l'Union réunis sous l'appellation générique de « gouvernance ». En effet, l'ambition poursuivie est d'offrir au lecteur, qu'il soit spécialiste ou non des questions européennes, une compréhension à la fois générale et précise de la machinerie de l'Union afin de saisir au mieux la spécificité du modèle européen.À partir du sommaire, le lecteur pourra cheminer parmi des contributions de quelques pages et approfondir ses connaissances grâce à une bibliographie sélective à la fin de chacune d'entre elles.

This unique collection of data includes concise definitions and explanations on all aspects of the European Union. It explains the terminology surrounding the EU and outlines the roles and significance of the institutions, member countries, programmes and policies, treaties and personalities. It contains over 1,000 clear and succinct definitions, spelling out acronyms and abbreviations, arranged alphabetically and fully cross-referenced. Among the 1,000 entries you can find explanations and back-ground details on: accession negotiations atmospheric pollution Central European Free Trade Area common agricultural policy company law statute competition policy the euro Governance White Paper human rights MERCATOR Middle East OLAF - European Anti-Fraud Office refugee policy Schengen Agreement Treaty of Nice US-EC Declaration.

Over half a century old and continuing to grow in strength and authority, the European Union consists of 25 member states_with more on the waiting list_and a population of 450 million people. Its influence in foreign and domestic affairs and human rights and law reaches far beyond its earlier fields of trade and politics. From the initial ideas about integration leading to the Treaty of Paris and the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community to the current reflection on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, The A to Z of the European Union encompasses the most basic elements of the EU and the components that have emerged as a result of them. Through the use of maps, photographs, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on topics such as leaders, personalities, institutions, enlargements, member states, internal policies, external relations, basic theories, treaties, and law, this dictionary tells a clear and complete story about the European Union that will assist those with greater interest in understanding it.