"One could hardly imagine a better commentator on the evolution of the European Parliament than Julian Priestley... formidable analytical skills." Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Sir Julian Priestley was Secretary-General of the European Parliament from 1997-2007, having been an official there since the 1970s. In this illuminating new book he looks at a series of key battles - all of which he witnessed at first hand - that contributed to the development of the Parliament's powers and influence.
The battles selected show Parliament engaged in a struggle not only to expand its formal institutional powers, in areas such as the budget, legislation and appointment, but also to command respect and recognition from the other European institutions. The author vividly demonstrates the complex interplay between politics and personalities in the Parliament and how internal political divisions at times proved a critical factor in determining outcomes.
Highly readable and deeply informative, this book is an essential complement to our textbook on the Parliament's powers and procedures, The European Parliament, by Richard Corbett MEP, Francis Jacobs and Michael Shackleton.
Price: 25.00 €
"Anyone interested in learning more about how Europe functions should read Jan Werts' fascinating book... An EU journalist par excellence, no-one is better qualified to write on this subject than Werts. No-one has been as close to quite so many European Council meetings... his focus is always on the issues of substance, often with remarkable results."
Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In this essential new book veteran EU media correspondent Jan Werts explains how the European Council, from modest origins in occasional summits, has become the strategic driving force of the European Union. He casts light on how it operates, its role vis a vis the Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, and how its role will further change under the Treaty of Lisbon, in particular with the intended appointment of a full-time President.
JAN WERTS combines the skills of a journalist - having personally reported the great majority of European Council meetings since the 1970s - with the disciplines of an academic, having written the first doctoral dissertation on the European Council. He has written this book to assist both those studying the EU from an academic perspective and also those working at a practical level within the institutions who need to understand this often obscure body.
Approx. 280 Pages
Price: 27.00 €
Within the European Union the dynamic development of the external side of justice and home affairs raises challenging issues: friction over the division of competences between the Union and its Member States and between EU institutions; cross-pillar coordination issues; legal and political tensions due to ‘variable geometry’ with numerous ‘opt-ins’ and ‘opt-outs’. In addition, international cooperation brings its own problems: how to explain the internal issues to international partners? How to allow them to become comfortable with an ever more assertive EU role? How to support global governance structures while preserving European standards on the rule of law and the protection of human rights? This book gives an excellent overview over the many current topics in the sensitive areas of immigration and asylum, private international law and international criminal law and procedure. It is warmly recommended to anybody who wants to broaden his or her understanding of the increasing importance of the external side of European policies on Justice, Liberty and Security.
Pages - 524
Price: 48.00 €
The main objective of the book is to give an analysis of relevant parts of the European Union legal order with regard to some envisaged cardinal changes in the field of acquis communautaire, which are linked directly to the constitutional development at supranational level.
The significance of the issues of EU constitutionalism is enduring and cannot be reduced merely to the process of formal creation of a Constitution for Europe.
June 2008, 238p
Price: 45.00 €
This volume contains a selection of important constitutional and legislative provisions from the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, as well as selected provisions from the European Convention on Human Rights.
It will help students and scholars of comparative constitutional law to work with foreign written sources. All provisions are reproduced in the original English or are freshly translated into English.
Price: 12.50 €
The European Union is the largest economic entity in the world and one of the largest political entities, with 493 million people in 2006. Fully updated for 2007 to include controversial and current topics such as the Union's enlargement and its role in ongoing world affairs, this accessible Very Short Introduction shows how and why the Union has developed, how its institutions work, and what it does - from the single market to the Euro, and from agriculture to peace-keeping and the environment. Pinder and Usherwood cover the entire history of the Union, examine the momentous changes that have taken place within the Union since 2000, and highlight the benefits, controversies, and lessons learned from programs such as its expansion into central and eastern Europe, and the circulation of the Euro. The book also examines the role of the European Union as a peace-keeper in Europe and beyond, sheds light on how it functions in world politics, looks at its role in supporting the rise of environmental politics, and considers the challenges and choices that lie ahead in the 21st century.
Publication Date: December 2007
Pages: 202
Price: 11.79 €
Biographical Notes Peter Ludlow retired in 2001 after twenty years as founding director of the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels (CEPS). He is now executive president of the Europen Strategy Forum. He has written many books and articles on 20th century European history and the politics and institutions of the EU, including detailed accounts of almost all the meetings of the European Council during the last decade. Wolfgang Münchau is associate editor and European economics columnist of the Financial Times and, together with his wife Susanne Mundschenk, is co-director of eurointelligence.com, a macro website offering news and comment about the euro area. He lives in Brussels. Iain Begg is a Professorial Research Fellow at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. His main research work is on the political economy of European integration and EU economic governance. He has directed and participated in a series of research projects on different facets of EU policy and his current projects include studies on the governance of EU economic and social policy, the EU’s Lisbon Strategy, the social impact of globalisation and reform of the EU budget. Bassma Kodmani is the Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative, a consortium of Arab policy research institutes working in partnership with European and US institutes on issues of reform and democratic transitions in the Arab worl. She is also senior adviser on international cooperation to the French national research council (CNRS). She has written books and articles on conflicts in the Middle
East and regional security. Her latest publication, The dangers of political exclusion: Egypt’s Islamist problem, is published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Nicole Gnesotto is currently Professor of International Relations, Head of the European Union Chair, at the Conservatoire National das Arts et Métiers, Paris. Prior to this she was the first director of the EU Institute for Security Studies, from January 2002 until May 2007. She is the author of many books and articles on contemporary European security, including EU security and defence policy – The first five years (1999-2004), Paris 2004, and The global puzzle: What worl for the EU in 2025?, Paris 2006 (With Giovanni Grevi). The latter title was published in French in October 2007, Le monde en 2025, edited by Robert Laffont. Manuel Preto has been Managing Director at Banco Santander Totta since 2005 with responsibilities in the financial area, including asset and liability management, corporate finances, financial participations and investor relations. Mr Preto joined Banco Santander de Negócios in 1996 as na equity analyst and, before assuming his current position, he was Head of Equity Research and Strategy for Portugal. Rui Constantino is the Chief Economist at Banco Santander Totta. His responsibilities include the macroeconomic analysis of the Portuguese economy within the Santander Group, and also the analysis of macroeconomic and financial developments, supporting the board and business areas of Santander Totta. Prior to joining the bank, he was an economist at the Research Department of the Portuguese Ministry of Finance. António Cortina has been Chief Analyst of Economic Research at Santander since 2001. His responsibilities include providing macroeconomic analysis, interest rate and exchange rate forecasts for Spain, the euro area, the USA and Latin American countries to the Group’s Financial Division and all other support and business areas.
Pages: 143
Publication Date : 2008
Price: 18.82 €
This book is the second to be published by the European Strategy Forum. Based on a conference on the EU and China, which the Forum organised in Ponte de Lima in May 2007, it consists of seven substantial essays on key aspects of EU-Chinese relations. As Peter Ludlow writes in the introductory chapter, relations between the EU and China have changed, are changing and will continue to change at an extraordinary speed.
Pages: 136
Publication date: December 2007
Price: 18.82 €
Democratic Representation Beyond the Nation-State
Why have the national governments of EU member states successively endowed the European Parliament with supervisory, budgetary, and legislative powers over the past fifty years? Building Europe's Parliament sheds new light on this pivotal issue, and provides a major contribution to the study of the European Parliament.
Pages: 234
Publication date: Octobre 2007
Price: 31.13 €
The European Union is often accused of being an opaque, bureaucratic organisation. I am convinced that those who want to learn more about the European Union (its functioning, institutional set-up, decision-making and legal systems), and discover why European integration is so complicated and cumbersome, will fi nd the answers to their questions in the pages of this Handbook. The book sets out to cover not only the legal and institutional architecture, but also to explore all policy areas, ranging from economic policy to environmental protection, from cultural affairs to justice and home affairs, from trade to foreign policy.
European integration is a long and laborious process, but – nevertheless – it is the best way to ensure the prosperity of Europe’s peoples, as has been demonstrated by recent historic achievements, such as the introduction of the euro and the reunifi cation of Europe through the accession of Central and Eastern European countries that were not long ago separated from the rest of the continent by the Iron Curtain. Throughout history, there have always been ups and downs and successes are inevitably followed by crises, such as the referenda rejecting the Constitutional Treaty a few years ago. However, it is my conviction that such decisions are usually due to misinformation or a lack of information.This Handbook contributes to a better understanding of European integration and provides its readers with comprehensive up-to-date information to enable them to make the best use of the opportunities that the EU has to offer. The success of a united Europe hinges on well-informed citizens. I wish all readers a successful future in the European Union.
Katalin Szili
Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly
Price: 24.00 €
Power and Organizational Adaptation
This is a detailed exploration of how national political parties have responded to the increasing relevance of European governance.
The Europeanization of National Political Parties is the first empirical study to examine the effects of the European Union on the internal organizational dynamics of national political parties.
Pages: 238
Publication date: 11 January 2007
Price: 103.90 €
10th Guide
EU funding at your fingertips!
The Eurofunding guide is the largest and most comprehensive guide on European funding.
For more funding guides go to the EU Funding section at: http://eubookshop.com/14
Price: 180.00 €
The argument over the EU’s reform treaty is over – at least between its political leaders. Now the spotlight moves away from institutions and back towards the policies, outputs and ‘deliverables’ on which the EU’s legitimacy depends.
Following on the success of the award-winning EU: the Next Fifty Years, EU : Policies and Priorities will set out the issues at the top of the EU’s ‘must do’ list – and the instruments for dealing with them.
Contributors include Janez Janŝa, Jośe Manuel Barroso, Charlie McCreevy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Javier Solana and more.
“The notion of energy independence is not a realistic option”
Efficient markets, a favourable investment climate, innovative research and finance for low-carbon technologies are the keys to stable energy supply.”
Peter Sutherland – President, The Federal Trust writing exclusively in the EUPP book
Price: 67.00 €
Rights, Rents and Fairness
A critical issue in dealing with climate change is deciding who has a right to emit carbon dioxide. Allocation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme provides the first in-depth description and analysis of the process by which rights to emit carbon dioxide were created and distributed in the European Union.
Published: June 7, 2007
Pages: 442
Price: 92.92 €