Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms -- List of Tables -- Part One - The Evolution of the European Union -- 1 Parameters of European Integration -- 2 Enlargement -- Part Two - Institutions -- 3 The European Commission -- 4 The European Council -- 5 The Council of Ministers -- 6 The Presidency -- 7 The European Parliament -- 8 The European Court of Justice -- 9 Checks and Balances -- Part Three - Policies -- 10 The Single Market and Competition -- 11 Regional Policy and Cohesion -- 12 The Common Agricultural Policy -- 13 Economic and Monetary Union -- 14 Justice and Home Affairs -- 15 Common Foreign and Security Policy -- 16 Trade and the Common Commercial Policy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.