Includes maps of: European Union; Europe after World War II; Growth of the European Union, 1952-1986; Growth of the European Union, 1990-2013; Eurozone; EU and Its Neighborhood.

Part I: History -- What Is the European Union? -- Origins : the road from Paris -- Emergence : to the Single Market and beyond -- Consolidation and crisis : Maastricht, Lisbon, and the Eurozone -- Part II: Institutions -- The European Commission -- The Council of the European Union -- The European Parliament -- The European Court of Justice -- The European Council and other institutions -- Representing public opinion -- Part III: Policies -- Public policy in the EU -- The Single Market and economic policy -- Cohesion and other internal policies -- Agricultural and environmental policy -- External relations -- The EU and the United States.