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 Ultimate EU Handbook is a comprehensive 500-page guide to the EU institutions and other bodies, their history, what they do, and how they do it.

Designed by the team behind The Ultimate EU Test Book, the Handbook is packed with easy-to-follow quick summaries, reminders of key points, tables, figures, maps, and photos. It also includes many step-by-step examples of the EU in action, in areas ranging from trade and the digital economy to global engagement and climate change.

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The Ultimate EU Test Book Assistants 2024 is specially designed for candidates preparing for European Personnel Selection office (EPSO) competitions at Assistant (AST) level. It has been updated to the new format of EPSO competitions introduced in 2023 and further revised in 2024. It is relevant to all Assistant-level EPSO open competitions and equivalent CAST selections.

The book is packed with strategies for success, practical tips and advice, and test questions. Included are methodologies,...

EU legislation has worldwide and serious impacts for governments, businesses and consumers. In this systematic and practical handbook, expert Brussels professionals share their insights, tips and strategies for engaging successfully with the process by which these laws are made. The authors show how lobbying is a multi-stage end-to-end process and explain the opportunities, challenges and risks at each step.

The book is full of real-world insights, timelines for how legislation is adopted, c...

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...

This fully revised 2024 tenth edition of the leading textbook on the European Parliament systematically and clearly covers every aspect of how the Parliament is elected, its internal structures and procedures, its powers and how it relates to the other EU institutions. It is an essential guide for all those working in or with the Parliament, those hoping to work at the Parliament, students of the EU institutions, and political practitioners.

“a quintessential guide to the world’s only ele...

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 expanded and updated edition 2.0 is for all EU staff, at all levels, permanent, temporary or contract − and indeed anyone with ambitions to work in the EU sphere. It is supported by a free-to-use self-assessment app. With this book you will be able to:

● Understand the EU ‘core competencies’ of analysis and problem solving, communicating, delivering quality and results, learning and development, prioritising and organising, resilience, working with others, and leadership and how ...

The Brussels “EU Bubble” is a high-pressure, fast-churn and competitive environment where career success can often come at a high personal cost. Drawing on his own experience and the collective wisdom of many Brussels insiders, Jeroen Reijnen explains “the art of working and living in the EU Bubble” − in other words, how best to achieve a positive work-life balance in a city where people come and go, and burnout, rootlessness and loneliness are all too common.

As Jeroen explains: �...