The Ever Chaning Union: An Introduction to the History, Instituions and Decision-Making Processes of the European Union

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Series Details 21 April 2011
Publication Date April 2011
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The European Union is one of the world’s economic superpowers. Yet it is not a state with an army and a police force employed to protect its people and property. Originally designed to end a cycle of devastatingwars on the European continent,the EU has fulfilled this initial raisond’être by far.

Today it is composed of 27 states with 4 currently in the waiting room to join, a population of over half a billion and an economy representing almost €12 trillion in GDP.

The story of the EU began over 50 years ago and it is set to remain a dynamic and flexible structure in the future – a ‘work in progress’ that has never beendesigned according to a master plan.

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