European Union

• At the Gateway to the Internet > European Union you can easily find useful web sites covering policy guides, news, law, organisations and more
• Looking for simple explanations of European Union (EU) policies and activities?

See the European Commission's Easy reading corner for online booklets on what the EU is and what it does, plus downloadable online maps

For background briefings on policy areas, a daily news service and a rebuttal of euromyths in the press, see the European Commission Representation in the United Kingdom web site. You can always find this site at at Gateway > European Union > General

• Interested in the background of the European Union?

See the European Union's 50th anniversary web site, celebrating the signing of the Treaty of Rome on My 9th 1957

• Need to look up a European Union technical term or a 'jargon' word or phrase?

Find explanations in the lists at Gateway > European Union > Glossaries

• For more general history, you can check the books on contemporary history and on individual countries in the Reference books online collections
• For European Union news in general newspapers, see the Newspapers section
• Check the library catalogue for books about the European Union
• If you need help to find information, contact us

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