The essential Pelican introduction to the European Union—its history, its politics, and its role today.
For most of us today, Europe refers to the European Union.
At the center of a seemingly never-ending crisis, the EU remains a black box, closed to public understanding.
Is it a state? An empire? Is Europe ruled by Germany or by European bureaucrats? Does a single European economy exist after all these years of economic integration? And should the EU have been awarded the Nobel peace prize.
