The European Union, in 1998, is on the threshold of changes. The euro is to become the single currency, negotiations for the accession of six states has begun and membership will soon extend to the rest of Europe. This text provides a view of the evolution of the EU, and investigates its future.

First published as European Community: The Building of a Union, this third edition provides a detailed and coherent view of the evolution of the European Union.

INTRODUCTION
1. CREATING THE COMMUNITY AND THE UNION: NATION-STATE AND FEDERAL IDEA
2. INSTITUTIONS OR CONSTITUTION
3. FROM SIX TO FIFTEEN AND MORE
4. FROM CUSTOMS UNION TO SINGLE MARKET AND OPEN FRONTIERS
5. AGRICULTURAL POLICY: FORMATION, CRISIS, REFORM
6. INDUSTRIAL, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
7. FROM MONETARY SYSTEM TO SINGLE CURRENCY
8. EUROPEAN BUDGET AND PUBLIC FINANCE UNION
9. FROM COMMON TARIFF TO GREAT CIVILIAN POWER
10. THE BUILDING OF A UNION
NOTES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX