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Europe in

   12 lessons

European Union

by Pascal Fontaine

You can find this booklet and other short, clear explanations about the EU online 
at 

ec.europa.eu/publications/ 

European Commission
Directorate-General for Communication
Publications
B-1049 Brussels

Manuscript completed in October 2006

Cover and main chapter illustrations: Reporters

Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2006

ISBN 92-79-02864-2

© European Communities, 2006
Reproduction is authorised.

Printed in Belgium

Printed on white chlorine-free paper

Europe in 12 lessons

by 

Pascal Fontaine,  

former assistant to Jean Monnet and Professor  
at the Institut d’Études Politiques, Paris

Europe in

       12 lessons

Contents

Europe in 12 lessons

Contents

1. 

Why the European Union?  

4

2.

Ten historic steps 

8

3. 

Enlargement and neighbourhood policy 

12

4. 

How does the EU work? 

16

5. 

What does the EU do? 

22

6. 

The single market 

28

7.  

8. 

Towards a knowledge-based society 

36

9. 

A citizens’ Europe 

40

10.

Freedom, security and justice 

44

11.

The European Union on the world stage 

48

12.

What future for Europe? 

54

Key dates in the history of European 

58

integration

Economic and monetary union (EMU) 

32

and the euro