European Union

• At WebLinks > European Union you can easily find useful web sites covering policy guides, news, law, organisations and more
• Need quick guides to what the European Union is all about?

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

• Looking for simple explanations of European Union (EU) policies and activities?

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

• 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 WebLinks > 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

Further information

• Library catalogue
• Contact us - for help to find information, from your local librarians
• 'Enquire' - a 24-hour chat enquiry service from the national People's Network. Local librarians take part in 'Enquire' on a rota basis but it is likely that you would be answered by a librarian from another library service

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