Research Guides
JSIS 301: Cooperation and Conflict in Contemporary Europe, Spring 2024: EU Sources
European Union Research Guide
- European Union Research GuideUW Libraries-curated guide to European Union resources
- Civil Society, Inclusion, and Diversity in the European Union (CIDEU) Jean Monnet ChairInformation about governmental institutions and nongovernmental organizations in the EU that address issues of civil society, inclusion, and diversity.
EU publications
- Europa - about the EUDescriptions of institutions and bodies, history, member countries, terminology, and more.
- Europa - publications and documentsOfficial documents, legislation, treaties, and more.
- Eurostat - statistics by subjectStats about social conditions, the economy, trade, environment, and more.
- EU by topicBrowse info in topical areas such as culture, citizenship, economics, etc.
Country background info
- Europa World This link opens in a new window
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Political, social and economic information about countries and world regions.
Three main law-making bodies
- European ParliamentRepresents the EU’s citizens and is directly elected by them
- Council of the European UnionRepresents the individual member states
- European CommissionSeeks to uphold the interests of the Union as a whole