European Union Government Information
Good Places to Start
European Union's Official Web Site. Provides information on:
- EU activities, e.g. agriculture, trade, public health, etc.;
- EU documents & publications & statistics;
- links to EU Parliament, Commission, Council, and other EU bodies;
- links to homepages of Commission Delegations around the world:
- Current news
Information service that focuses on the European Union and the countries of Europe.
Web Portals
This comprehensive gateway from the University of California Berkeley Library allows access to the EU and its institutions, official documents and periodicals, topical servers and sites about the EU.
Provides information and access to EU documents and databases.
This site provides links to sources of information on Canada - EU relations and initiatives and to general information on the EU and its members.
News and Press Releases
In addition to news reports, it includes information on doing business in the EU.
Requires a monthly or yearly subscription.
Updated news monitoring and policy reports.
Has the latest news and releases from the European Commission and the European Union and a searchable archives back to 1985.
Economy and Finance
A comprehensive site with detailed information on monetary policy, payments and financial stability, economic statistics, exchange rates, the Eurosystem and the Euro. Includes links to numerous research papers and publications.
Parliament
Legislation and Legal Sourcces
Also includes a concise description of the legislative process and types of EU legislation.
Provides access to the full-text of the Official Journal of the EU, treaties, legislation, case-law and legislative proposals.
Contains information about EU Member States, Community law, European law, and various other aspects of civil and commercial law.
Catalogues and Indexes
European Commission Library Catalogue provides access to over 350,000 catalogue records in the domain of European affairs. Included are records and links to Internet Resources in the broad area of European integration.
Retrieves publications from EU agencies along with access to full text. Searches can also be set to include legislative texts.
Statistics
Comprehensive coverage of demographic, socio-economic, environmental and health statistics. In addition to tabular and graphical displays, the site provides numerous links to news articles, publications, working papers and reports. Includes geo-spatial data as well as information on accessing microdata. Data quality and metadata is also covered.
A helpful feature on the Eurostat page, in that the statistics are accompanied by useful commentary on a selected range of topics. More articles are provided within a Statistical Themes section below, with each theme broken down further into categories and numerous sub-sections, spanning socio-economic, environment and health related topics. A Statistics4Beginners section at the end contains concise explanations of statistical terms and concepts.