Fact Sheets on the European Union

European Parliament

Contents

List of factsheets

- 1.1. Historical development of European integration
- 1.1.1. The First Treaties
- 1.1.2. Developments up to the Single European Act
- 1.1.3. The Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties
- 1.1.4. The Treaty of Nice and the Convention on the Future of Europe
- 1.1.5. The Treaty of Lisbon
- 1.2. The European Union’s legal system and decision-making procedures
- 1.2.1. Sources and scope of European Union law
- 1.2.2. The principle of subsidiarity
- 1.2.3. Supranational decision-making procedures
- 1.2.4. Intergovernmental decision-making procedures
- 1.2.5. The budgetary procedure
- 1.3. European Union institutions and bodies
- 1.3.1. The European Parliament: Historical background
- 1.3.2. The European Parliament: Powers
- 1.3.3. The European Parliament: organisation and operation
- 1.3.4. The European Parliament: electoral procedures
- 1.3.5. European Parliament: relations with the national parliaments
- 1.3.6. The European Council
- 1.3.7. The Council of the European Union
- 1.3.8. The European Commission
- 1.3.9. The Court of Justice of the European Union
- 1.3.10. Competences of the Court of Justice of the European Union
- 1.3.11. The European Central Bank (ECB)
- 1.3.12. The Court of Auditors
- 1.3.13. The European Economic and Social Committee
- 1.3.14. The European Committee of the Regions
- 1.3.15. The European Investment Bank
- 1.3.16. The European Ombudsman
- 1.4. Financing
- 1.4.1. The Union’s revenue
- 1.4.2. The EU’s expenditure
- 1.4.3. Multiannual financial framework
- 1.4.4. Implementation of the budget
- 1.4.5. Budgetary control
- 1.4.6. Combating fraud and protecting the EU’s financial interests
- 4.1. Individual and collective rights
- 4.1.1. The citizens of the Union and their rights
- 4.1.2. The protection of Article 2 TEU values in the EU
- 4.1.3. Free movement of persons
- 4.1.4. The right to petition
- 4.1.5. European Citizens’ Initiative
- 4.2. An area of freedom, security and justice
- 4.2.1. An area of freedom, security and justice: general aspects
- 4.2.2. Asylum Policy
- 4.2.3. Immigration policy
- 4.2.4. Management of the external borders
- 4.2.5. Judicial cooperation in civil matters
- 4.2.6. Judicial cooperation in criminal matters
- 4.2.7. Police cooperation
- 4.2.8. Personal data protection
- 4.3. Culture, education and sport
- 4.3.1. Culture
- 4.3.2. Audiovisual and media policy
- 4.3.3. Education
- 4.3.4. Youth
- 4.3.5. Language policy
- 4.3.6. Sport
- 4.3.7. Communication policy
- 5.1. External relations policies
- 5.1.1. Foreign policy: aims, instruments and achievements
- 5.1.2. Common security and defence policy
- 5.2. External trade relations
- 5.2.1. The European Union and its trade partners
- 5.2.2. The European Union and the World Trade Organization
- 5.2.3. Trade regimes applicable to developing countries
- 5.3. Development policy
- 5.3.1. A general survey of development policy
- 5.3.2. Humanitarian aid
- 5.4. Human rights and democracy
- 5.4.1. Human rights
- 5.4.2. Promoting democracy and observing elections
- 5.5. The Union’s enlargement and neighbourhood
- 5.5.1. The Enlargement of the Union
- 5.5.2. The Western Balkans
- 5.5.3. The European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland and the North
- 5.5.4. The United Kingdom
- 5.5.5. The European Neighbourhood Policy
- 5.5.6. Three Eastern Partnership neighbours: Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus
- 5.5.7. Three Eastern Partnership neighbours in the South Caucasus
- 5.5.8. Southern Partners
- 5.6. Relations beyond the neighbourhood
- 5.6.1. Transatlantic relations: the United States and Canada
- 5.6.2. Latin America and the Caribbean
- 5.6.3. Russia
- 5.6.4. Central Asia
- 5.6.5. Gulf countries, Iran, Iraq and Yemen
- 5.6.6. Africa
- 5.6.7. South Asia
- 5.6.8. East Asia
- 5.6.9. Southeast Asia
- 5.6.10. Pacific