Jan Werts brings a unique perspective to the European Council. As a journalist, he has reported on the spot from virtually every European Council meeting since 1975, a witness to countless episodes of last-minute arm-twisting and creative compromise. As a scholar, he wrote the first ever doctoral dissertation on the European Council, published in 1992. In 2008 he carried the story forward to the verge of the start of the permanent presidency. In this latest book, against the background of the...

The 2023 Ultimate EU Test Book Administrators edition has been updated to match the new format for EPSO competitions after May 2023, which has shorter timelines, some tests dropped, and new ones added.

The 2023 Administrators edition covers the new competition process all the way through to the establishment of the Reserve List − the list of laureates eligible for recruitment to permanent posts by the EU institutions. In it you will find:

• What the new-style EPSO Administrator competitio...

In this call to action, Renew Europe MEP Urmas Paet, who was Estonian foreign minister from 2005-2014, forensically examines the EU’s too-often ineffective performance in the face of a wide range of foreign policy challenges. Lack of consensus among the member states, slow decision-making, strategic confusion, poor engagement with potential partners and an absence of real conviction are constant themes.

The inescapable conclusion is that in foreign policy the EU, while a source of ceaseless...

This book tells the story of the UK Members of the European Parliament from the first direct elections in 1979 to British withdrawal in 2020.

Their work was rarely acknowledged in their own country, making them for the most part a “forgotten tribe”. Nonetheless, in the words of former UK permanent representative Ivan Rogers: “The EU as a whole benefitted hugely from the expertise, the wisdom, the breadth, the temperament, the professionalism, the humour and even the constructive health...

This book is designed to help candidates succeed at the Assessment Centre, the final stage in EPSO competitions and the gateway to jobs in the EU institutions. This specially updated 2021 edition includes the online testing regime and situational competency based interview introduced because of the Covid pandemic. Written by experts in EPSO competitions, it explains exactly what the assessors are looking for and is packed with useful tips about how to prepare, what to do – and mistakes to a...

In Brussels lobbying is the oil that makes the wheels go round. No institution, no member state, no political group, no special interest can push a policy through unaided. Everyone needs allies, and everyone needs to lobby. But while Brussels has many lobbyists – only Washington is said to compare − only a few operate on the level of the superlobbyist.

Step by step, and with many revealing and candid anecdotes of his own successes and failures, Brussels public affairs specialist Milos Lab...

The Ultimate EU Test Book Assistants 2020 is specially designed for candidates preparing for European Personnel Selection office (EPSO) competitions at Assistant (AST and SC) level. It is relevant to all Assistant-level EPSO open competitions and CAST selections.

The 2020 edition is the biggest Assistants edition ever and full of strategies, advice and practice exercises. The focus is on the computer-based multiple choice question tests which prove an obstacle to so many. Included are methodo...

“This handbook, for local party officers and other interested members, is an important new step … a valuable guide for the experienced and inexperienced alike.” Mark Pack, President of the Liberal Democrats & Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on the London Assembly

“a relevant, impactful and vital guide”, Toni Brodelle, Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidates Association

This book is a practical handbook for building a Local Party – all the way ...