The Routledge Guide to the European Union

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Ian Bond (Centre for European Reform, UK.) Dick Leonard (Dick passed away beneficiary is wife Irene Heidelberger-Leonard as advised by EA sf case 01960673)

The Routledge Guide to the European Union

Ian Bond (Centre for European Reform, UK.), Dick Leonard (Dick passed away beneficiary is wife Irene Heidelberger-Leonard as advised by EA sf case 01960673), Robert Taylor (Journalist and foreign correspondent, and author)

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30 June 2025

EU & European institutions

Written by experts, this long-established and definitive guide to the workings of the European Union provides comprehensive, straightforward and readable coverage of this sometimes misunderstood and complex institution.

This fully revised second edition explains not only what happens but why, analysing the EU’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as opportunities for it to be more effective. With the EU’s very existence under pressure due to Euroscepticism, continued crises with migration and borders, the re-emergence of the far right, and renewed great power competition in Europe and the world, it specifically outlines:

How the EU has evolved over the last 70 years How it works: the institutions, the mechanisms Every area of EU competence from agriculture to defence The effects of the single market, a single currency and the successes and stresses of the eurozone The impact of the enlargement of the EU, prospects for further enlargement and closer political integration Reforming the EU’s decision-making and defending the rule of law The EU’s place in an ever more disorderly world

The Routledge Guide to the European Union is well-established as the clearest and most comprehensive guide to how the EU operates. This new edition brings you up to date at a crucial stage in its history, at a time when it has never been under greater internal and external threat, but conversely is perhaps more important than ever.

By: Ian Bond (Centre for European Reform UK.), Dick Leonard (Dick passed away beneficiary is wife Irene Heidelberger-Leonard as advised by EA sf case 01960673), Robert Taylor (Journalist and foreign correspondent, and author)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138542488
ISBN 10: 1138542482
Pages: 602
Publication Date: 30 June 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Ian Bond is the Deputy Director of the Centre for European Reform (CER) and was previously a member of the British diplomatic service. Dick Leonard was a journalist, author and former Labour MP. Robert Taylor was a journalist and foreign correspondent, covering the European Union for more than 30 years.

Reviews for The Routledge Guide to the European Union

“This second edition of the Routledge Guide to the European Union should be on the bookshelves of politicians, officials, students and anyone else who wants to know more about the history, the structures and the competences of the European Union.” Lord Kerr of Kinlochard GCMG, former Secretary General of the Convention on the Future of the European Union, and former British Permanent Representative to the European Union “This book is beautifully written, wonderfully concise and extremely accurate. It is also fair-minded and objective. It tells the reader everything that matters in how the EU works.” Charles Grant CMG, Director of the influential think-tank, the Centre for European Reform (CER)