POSC 4380: European Parliamentary Governments

The main decision-making institution of the EU, comprised of ministers from each member country. The Council passes laws with the European Parliament, negotiates international agreements, and makes decisions on foreign and economic policy.

Serves as a catalog and archives of European Union publications.

The European Commission promotes the general interest of the EU by proposing and enforcing legislation as well as by implementing policies and the EU budget.

The European Parliament is the EU's law-making body. It is directly elected by EU voters every 5 years. Together with the Council of the European Union, it comprises the legislative branch of the EU.

Short profiles of each of the 27 member countries of the European Union.

Official web page of the EU with access to documents, links to EU institutions, and explanations of the functions of the EU.

The official directory of the European Union. You can browse or download directories for EU government organizations.

The Council Library provides access to a wide range of information resources relevant to the work of the Council of the European Union and the European Council. The collections focus on EU policies, EU integration and member states, law, political science, international relations, languages, and more.

Portal for the EU Court system. It includes information and case law for EU courts.

Verbatim (word-for-word) reports of European Parliament proceedings. Also includes videos of most proceedings.

Access the authentic Official Journal of the European Union, EU law, EU case-law, consolidated texts, summaries of legislation, and much more.

The main source of EUR-Lex content. It is published daily (from Monday to Friday regularly, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays only in urgent cases) in the official EU languages.

What you can find in the document register:
Preparatory legislative documents: 1999 to present;
Meeting documents (agendas, minutes, conclusions, votes, outcomes)--1999 to present;
Press releases: 1999-2013

Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union. It produces European statistics in partnership with national statistical institutes and other national authorities in EU member states. Eurostat also coordinates statistical activities at the European Union level.

Summaries of EU legislation are short, easy-to-understand explanations of the main legal acts passed by the EU – intended for a general, non-specialist audience. Most cover the main types of legislation passed by the EU: directives, regulations and decisions. But some cover other documents, such as international agreements. The summaries are grouped into 32 policy fields, and each links to the full, official version of the act. Summaries are not available for legal acts that are considered to be: already sufficiently short/clear, or
aimed exclusively at a specialist audience