Price. 25 L.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Ideas about Europe -- Theories of European integration -- The first European Community, the European Steel and Coal Community -- The European defence community and the European political community : crisis in the process -- The Treaty of Rome : EEC and euratom 1957 -- The common trade policy -- The common agricultural policy -- De Gaulle and European integration -- The British position towards European integration : a different economic approach -- The enlargement to Greece and the case of Greenland -- The accession of Spain and Portugal -- Thatcher and the EU -- The single European act -- The European Commission -- The European Parliament -- The European Council and the Council of the EU -- Other institutions -- Enlargement to Sweden, Austria, and Finland -- The treaties of Maastricht, Amsterdam, and Nice -- Helmut Kohl and the European union -- European Union law -- European budget -- Regional policy -- The enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe -- Treaty of lisbon -- Future enlargements of the eu and limits of the union -- European identity -- The monetary union and the current crisis of the euro -- Social Europe -- Environmental protection -- Transport policy -- Energy policy -- External influence of the EU and common foreign and security policy -- The future of the European Union -- Index.