Beschreibung
What the EU is, why it matters and how it works, and how the centre-left can use and reform it - the first volume of the new FEPS Primers series offers readers exactly what the title promises: a comprehensive look at the history of the EU, its main policies, institutions, functioning and decision-making structures. It takes a look at areas worthy of reform, lists important centre-left figures in the EU's founding and development, and the most important terms of EU jargon.
Autorenportrait
Richard Corbett was a Member of the European Parliament from 1996 - 2009 and 2014-20. During that period, he was for ten years the Coordinator for the S&D Group on constitutional questions. He has written extensively on European affairs, including several academic textbooks, and was a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges.