Overview Sheets do exactly what they say on the tin! These sheets will provide you with a first glance at the European Union - its history, its framework, how it works and the arguments that are used when debating it. Read these before delving deeper as they will help make sense of the background and context of the individual factsheets!

• Overview of the EU
• History of the EU
• Timeline of EU integration
• Arguments for the EU
• Arguments against the EU
• UK political parties' positions on the EU
• Theories of European Integration
• Balance of Competences Review

• Lawmaking & Legislative Process [text] [diagram]
• EU Treaties
• EU Law
• ECJ Case Law
• European Institutions
• EU Integration
• EU Citizenship
• Democracy in the EU
• The European Citizens' Initiative
• Pressure Groups and Lobbying in the EU

• EU Budget
• Economics & Finance
• Environment, Energy & Food
• Social Europe
• Justice & Home Affairs
• External Relations