This section provides links to Internet resources offering information on EU institutions and politics, the history of the EU and euro, and the role of the EU in the world.
European Union, covers multiple topics, including a brief description, economy, origins, a partial bibliography and liks to external sources. Is also available in multiple languages (more than 60 by Dec, 2005).
The European Union Portal, it is organized in five sections: Intro (which point to the previous link), Featured Article (which is changed regularly), Featured Picture (also dynamic), Member States and a Category listing (wich includes topics such as: History, Agencies, Education, Sports and others). It is also available in multiple languages (6 by Dec, 2005).
The Institutions of the European Union on the Europa server includes basic information on the EU and its institutions as well as links to these institutions.6/28/06
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European Union: A Guide for Americans, from the Delegation of the European Commission to the US. Chapters explains the history and activities of the European Union, and contains a timeline of European integration and links to web sites by and about the EU.
European Documentation, Booklets providing background information on the European Union and on the Community institutions (HTML or PDF format, c. 50 pages each).
Panorama of the European Union is a 17-page color brochure in PDF format on the basics of the European Union.
Background Briefings by the European Commission Representation in the United Kingdom.
The History of the EU, a chronology of the EU from 1946-2002
Europe On the Move, a number of on-line books on the EU and its policies (HTML or PDF format).
Key Topics in EU Politics
Key Issues, from the Europa server
Debate on the Future of the EU
Euro and European Monetary Union
One currency for Europe, European Union's Euro Homepage. This official website compiled by the European Commission is devoted entirely to the new single European currency.
Quest<, a database of questions and answers on the euro and European Economic and Monetary Union on the Europa server.
The Euro: Key Websites, a resource on major websites devoted to euro, by the Delegation of the European Commission in the US.
Euro8/17/06 from the Financial Times.
Euro Cash, from BBC, a weekly-updated web site with links to the most current information, news, and analysis of EMU and the eurozone economy.
Euro Essentials, from Europa server. This site provides a significant nu
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Eurolandia, an interactive site from Finland for instructors teaching the EU in middle school.
Euro Changeover Board of Ireland
EU Enlargement
Europe's Agenda 2000: Strengthening and widening the European Union, a booklet of the European Commission (PDF format).
Enlargement, European Commission's Directorate General for Enlargement.
European Parliament and Enlargement of the European Union
Enlarging the EU, from Europa Server, available in (PDF format)
Enlargement Weekly, online weekly newsletter that tracks the major developments of the enlargement process.
Information on Member States
Member State Perspective Report, Virtual Library: West European Studies, University of Pittsburgh.
Political Resources on the Net, links to sites with political information on 47 European states. Click on "Europe" for individual states, and on "European Union" for the EU.
The Library of Congress Country Guide
Government Resources on the Web, Site maintained by the University of Michigan’s Documents Center. Click on "Foreign" for member states, and on "International" for the EU.
CIA World Factbook. Source of basic data on every country in the world.
EU and the World
The European Union in the World, from Europa server. Covers all aspects of external relations: foreign policies of the EU countries, EU enlargement process, external trade, development policy, humanitarian aid, and external cooperation policies.
EU Relations with the US, covers key issues of the Transatlantic agenda.
The EU and the 50 States, facts and figures about the EU-US relationship.
Statistics
Eurostat, a key to EU statistics. Offers on-line form to request statistics on a specific subject. Includes a regularly updated euro indicators page. The Statistical Office of the European Union contains primary economic data (industrial production, prices, employment, and trade) and some social statistics.
Facts and Figures on the EU and the US, provides a link to statistical data from the EU Trade Directorate General.
A Community of Fifteen: Key Figures, an official European Commission publication prepared with the help of Eurostat and the European Statistical Office.
Other Resources
A to Z Index of European Union Websites of the European Union Delegation, Washington D.C. The site allows viewers to access information in all of the websites of the European Union’s institutions and specialized agencies in Europe.
Glossary, This publication offers definitions and explanations of many terms often used in EU treaties and in the debate on current EU politics.
European Union Information Resources, an academic guide to finding treaties and identifying publications, includes links to EU agencies, description of the legislative process, bibliographic guides, and electronic materials.
EuroInternet, a large directory of links to other sites, with information and resources related to European integration and European countries in general. Provides links to categories such as European resources for political scientists, databases on Europe, discussions and listserves, sites with EU-related documents, web sites of EU institutions, and European research institutions.
History of European Integration Site. This site, from the History Department at the University of Leiden, puts the EU into an historical context with extensive background material, bibliographies, and primary and statistical sources.
Euro Guide, a subject gateway to websites containing information about the European Union. It has been developed by Essex County Libraries and the EARL European Task Group.
CNN Europe, the international news site of the cable news service.
Inside Europe: Your Guide Inside the European Union, a BBC guide containing country profiles and timelines of key European events, timeline of the EU, reference guides on current European topics, and an EU knowledge quiz.
Europe Today, news about Europe from Europe
News Around the World
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