European union and E Guide - Resources and Review

List of UK MEPs by region, giving contact details.
 
Maastricht Treaty on European Union.
 
Official guide to the EC, with information on its role, work programme, the reform process, directorates, delegations, and representations in member states. Profiles of the 20 Commissioners, their portfolios and homepages, and the speeches of the Commission President, Romano Prodi, are included. Information is available in the eleven languages of the European Union.
 
A catalogue containing over 172,000 catalogued records from the European Commission Library. Information is retrieved by basic or advanced searches and by language or document type. Searches can be conducted in English and French. Records include journal articles, books, conference proceedings and Internet resources (mostly documents). The service is free but registration is required.
 
Collection of links to UK government resources including departments, organisations, publications and reports, and official information about political parties. Also features details of EU initiatives, and full text versions of European Community documents.
 
Offers information about European Union policies, institutions, and member countries. Users can find EU contact details, the latest legislation in force or in preparation, current news services, and statistics resources. Fee based subscription is required although a free trial period is available.
 
Series of summaries explaining important aspects of the European Union and its policies, highlighting key issues and outlining any forthcoming action. Areas covered include social policy, the EU budget, duty free sales, economic development, external relations, urban issues, transport, taxation of savings and consumer policy / food safety.
 
Official body responsible for auditing the finances of the European Union. Includes press releases, and annual and special reports.
 
Links to citizen
oriented information disseminated by governments and other official institutions of European Union Member States, as well as government servers of other European countries.
 
History of UK membership of the EU, EU information initiatives, sources of EU information in the UK and forthcoming events.
 
Documents describing the strategic and administrative reform of the workings of the European Commission. Comprises a statement of purpose, codes of conduct for Commissioners, and the report of the DECODE screening exercise which reviewed the organisation and operation of the Commission in order to plan its future direction. Documents are presented as PDF files.
 
European Union Web server, with information on the Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, and other bodies of the European Union. Main sections are news, institutions, policies, and ABC, which provides simple answers to key questions such as 'what are the objectives of the Treaty on European Union and how will it affect citizens' rights?'.
 
Provides an overview of the Danish referendum held in September 2000, which resulted in a vote against joining the European single currency. Examines the background to the opt
out, campaigns adopted, public attitudes towards the Euro, and assesses the political implications of the outcome.
 
Full text of a study investigating the origin of supranationalism. Various hypotheses are tested using a standardised questionnaire. Following multivariate analyses, it is concluded that political orientations have no effect on supranationalism and that supranational attitudes are affected by an interaction between domestic and transgovernmental experiences.
 
Project aiming to provide a single source of the key official documents and texts of the European Union, arranged under 28 topics taught in European modules at UK universities.
 
Developed with input from the EARL European Task Group, this is a subject gateway to information about the European Union, with sources divided into over 60 subject categories, such as agriculture, budget, citizens' information, copyright and patents, economic and monetary union, energy, enlargement, fisheries, public procurement, science and technology, social policy, telecommunications, teleworking, tourism and travel, transport and treaties.
 
UK based company which offers a Project Analysis Service, a European Union Grants Submission Service, and a European Union Grants Directory.
 
Documents providing European Union information including news, publications and details of US offices. Policies and legislation such as Agenda 2000 and EU Enlargement, The Euro and External Relations are discussed.
 
Multilingual web service of the European Parliament including a subject index, press service and parliamentary dossiers and procedures.
 
Tool for schools, pupils and teachers. Objective is to establish a European school information network as a multimedia and communications platform as well as a framework for collaboration between schools in Europe. Includes an Internet guidebook, links to other European Union sites and a virtual teacher college.
 
Pointers to resources of interest to those researching and studying the European Union and to research sponsored by the European Community. Topics include regional information, international relations, European law and current affairs. Library catalogues and electronic journals are also accessible.
 
Directory of EU links including general sites, bibliographic tools and document collections.
 
Aims to encourage research into the history of the European Communities, to promote public interest in the development of European integration and to ensure greater transparency in the functioning of the European institutions. Original European Community files, produced in Brussels and Luxembourg, have been deposited. In addition the Historical Archives also seek to acquire papers of European politicians or officials, or archives of European associations, parties and organisations that have played a crucial role in the creation of Europe.
 
Questions and answers for European citizens relating to the euro and European Economic and Monetary Union. Chapters, available as PDF files, feature information on the impact of the euro on society and personal finances, the changeover from national currencies, and the institutions, procedures, and policies which comprise the EMU.
 
European Community research and development information including material about the 4th and 5th Framework programmes, CORDIS databases, and the Council Presidency RTD Information Service.
 
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