European Commission: Directorate-General for Communication and Borchardt, K., The ABC of EU law, Publications Office of the European Union, 2023.

The legal order created by the European Union shapes our political life and society. Individuals are not merely citizens of their country, town or district; they are also EU citizens. The ABC of EU Law by Prof. Klaus-Dieter Borchardt examines the roots of the European project and its development as a legal order, and is a definitive reference work on the subject. It is intended for interested readers who would like an initial insight into the structure of the European Union and the supporting pillars of the European legal order.

European Commission: Directorate-General for Communication, The EU in 2024 – General report on the activities of the European Union, Publications Office of the European Union, 2025, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2775/1406446

Would you like to know how the EU addressed the challenges of 2024 and what it achieved during the year? Are you curious about the main policy developments and how citizens benefited from them? You can find the answers to all these questions and more in The EU in 2024.

European Commission: Directorate-General for Communication, The European Union – What it is and what it does, Publications Office of the European Union, 2022, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2775/5377

This publication is a guide to the European Union (EU) and what it does. The first section briefly explains what the EU is. The second section, ‘What the European Union does’, describes what the EU is doing in 40 different areas to improve the lives of people in Europe and further afield. The third section, ‘How the European Union makes decisions and takes action’, describes the institutions at the heart of the EU’s decision-making process and how their decisions are translated into actions.

Publications Office of the European Union, How to get the most out of EU information – Services for librarians and information providers, Publications Office of the European Union, 2023.

The Publications Office of the European Union is the central point of access to EU law and case-law, publications, open data, research results, procurement notices and other official information. It makes this content available in a variety of digital and physical formats and offers access to its various collections through a suite of services. Moreover, it has developed additional supporting services aimed specifically at information specialists. These include metadata-sharing services, reusable controlled vocabularies and much more. This brochure introduces these services and shows how to get the most out of this wealth of EU information.

European Commission: Directorate-General for Communication, A short guide to the EU, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2775/193392

Ever wondered which EU countries use the euro or what it means to be part of the Schengen area? What the European Green Deal is and how it will make your life better? What exactly the EU does for you and where the money comes from to pay for it all? Read on to find out everything you need to know about the EU.