2009 European parliament elections
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2009/default.htm
This site was created by the European Parliament to provide coverage of the June 2009 European elections. It includes excellent introductory information about the organisation and purpose of the elections as well as statistics on the current parties represented in the Parliament. Other features are an election headlines service which highlights interesting news stories related to the June 2009 European elections from the parliament, news from national Parliamentary offices which provide insight into campaign issues and polls in individual EU nations, online polls and discussion.
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27 et moi: Arte
http://27etmoi.arte.tv/
This site was created by Arte (Association Relative à la Télévision Européenne), a quality Franco-German TV network, to provide coverage of the 2009 European Parliament elections. To offer insight into the campaigns in the 27 EU nations, it access to their short videos, blog postings and comment on the election campaigns in the different European nations. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website. All information is in French only.
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50/50 campaign : no modern European democracy without gender equality
http://5050campaign.wordpress.com/
This blog was established by the European Womens Lobby to campaign for the equal representation of women and men in the European Parliament. In particular it focuses on the 2009 European parliament elections. It provides access to postings containing comment, plus links to publications, reports, statistics, and campaign materials relating to womens participation in politics in European nations and in the EU.
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Aarhus Convention
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/aarhus/
This page of the European Commission's Environment website is devoted to the Aarhus Convention of 1998. As well as the text of the Convention, the page provides an overview of the issues involved, EU implementing legislation, studies, details of conferences, news and guidance from the European Commission about access to information, consultation processes and access to justice. The website is available in English, with some parts in other European languages as well.
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Academy of European Law
http://www.iue.it/AEL/
The Academy of European Law was established by the European University Institute (EUI) in 1990 to promote teaching and scholarship in the fields of European Union Law and Human Rights Law. It holds annual advanced-level courses on these subjects and publishes the content as Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law. Full details of the courses and the Academy's special projects are given on the website. The Academy also publishes the European Journal of International Law and the website provides a link to the Journal's own website, where tables of contents from 1990 onwards can be viewed, plus abstracts and selected full text from the current year's issue.
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Access to EU politics
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldselect/ldeucom/108/108.
This site provides free access to the House of Lords European Union Committee report HL 108 which was published in June 2009. The 35 page report critically analyses public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (the equivalent of Freedom of Information legislation in the UK). Topics covered include relevant legislation, recent changes and issues relating to time limits, personal data and the transparency and accountability of EU institutions.
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ACP-EU Joint Assembly
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/acp/
The ACP-EU is the Joint Assembly of the convention concluded by the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific States. It aims to promote democracy and human rights in these areas. Its website offers information on current membership and activities. It contains its rules of procedure and documents from its sessions including agendas, minutes, resolutions and the transcript of selected recent speeches. These contain information on programmes to increase democracy and details of the relationship between the EU and these regions.
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Act 4 Europe
http://www.act4europe.org/code/en/hp.asp
The EU Civil Society Contact Group brings together eight large rights and value based NGO sectors - environment, social, development, women, culture, lifelong learning, human rights and public health. They aim to represent aims and interests of civil society organisations across the EU. For example, they are involved with the Future of Europe debate. Full information is available on their website.
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AEIplus
http://aeiplus.library.pitt.edu/aeiplus/index.html
AEI Plus is a search engine which simultaneously searches the European Research paper Archives, ERPA, (full-text working papers about the EU) and the Archive of European Intergration (an electronic full-text archive of full-text research materials relating to all aspects of EU social and economic integration). It enables users to rapidly locate bibliographic references and links to the full-text of research papers and EU documents (not available on official websites) These cover all aspects of the European Union. Key topics include EU enlargement, the single European currency (Euro) EU economics, the European constitution and constitution referendums. The site is maintained by the University of Pittsburgh.
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AGE: European older people's platform
http://www.age-platform.org
AGE "aims to voice and promote the interests of older people in the European Union and to raise awareness of the issues that concern them most." It is involved in various policy and information activities to put older peoples issues on the European Union agenda. NGOs are welcome to join. Full details of AGE's work are given on the site. It is active in the areas of pensions, inclusion, transport, life-learning learning and new technologies.
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AGORES
http://www.agores.org/
AGORES, a site run by the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, brings together all EU material on renewable energy and its implementation. The site has links to EU and national strategies and to EU community programmes and projects. There are sections on news and events, and publications which includes works by non EU publishers. There is a large section of website links which includes the facility to submit relevant sites for inclusion. The site is in English.
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Agriculture and Rural Developmen Directorate-General, European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/agriculture/index_en.htm
The Agriculture and Rural Developmen Directorate-General of the European Commission is "responsible for the implementation of agriculture and rural development policy, the latter being managed in conjunction with the other (Directorates-General)which deal with structural policies". The site has a departmental directory, access to the Agriculture DG's library catalogue and a history of the Common Agricultural Policy. It also has a link to the Commission's "Agriculture" website which has a wide range of relevant information and documents (some in PDF format) as well as a latest news section. It is available in all the official languages of the EU.
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Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation
http://www.alter-eu.org/
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) is a coalition of over 160 civil society groups, trade unions, academics and public affairs firms concerned with the increasing influence exerted by corporate lobbyists on the political agenda in Europe. Its website provides information on its aims, membership and recent activities. It includes online examples of brochures, leaflets and papers calling for greater political accountability, transparency of lobbying interests in the EU and improved codes of political conduct. Some of the materials relate to the influence of lobbyists in the European Parliament.
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Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
http://eld.europarl.eu.int/
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is the grouping of Liberal Democrats within the European Parliament. Its website provides information on the purpose and activities of the organisation. It includes recent press releases and the current issue of the monthly news bulletin of ALDR. A full list of members is available on the site. A file of material on questions and resolutions posed by the party in the European Parliament is in the process of being created.
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Amsterdam Treaty: a Comprehensive Guide
http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/institutional_affairs/treaties/amste
This Guide is provided by the European Commission as part of its Summaries of Legislation website. It gives the background to and objectives of the Amsterdam Treaty which was signed by the European Union member states in October 1997, amending two of the EU's fundamental treaties, the Treaty Establishing the European Community and the Treaty on European Union. A number of key issues are covered, including the Treaty's bearing on international security, human rights, social policy, foreign policy, commercial policy and EU institutional reforms. The Guide is undated, but appears to have been produced at around the time the Treaty was signed.
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Annual accounts of political groups in the European Parliament
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/groups/accounts_en.htm
This is an official website of the European parliament. It provides free access to all annual accounts for parties represented in the European parliament from 2001 onwards. Accounts typically give balance sheets for each party, listings of assets, revenue and expenditure in the financial year. Expenditure gives breakdown by type of costs including staffing, publicity and MEPs. Also included are auditors reports.
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Arbeitskreis Europäischer Integration e.V. (AEI)
http://www.aei-ecsa.de/
AEI is an academic association which promotes the study of European integration and development, in Germany. It is interdisciplinary in nature and is an active member of the world-wide network of the European Community Studies Associations (ECSA), based in Brussels. The website provides information on AEI activities and publishing. There is also a news section, to keep users updated on the latest developments. NB. The site is available in German only.
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Archive of European Integration 
http://aei.pitt.edu/
The Archive of European Integration, maintained by the University of Pittsburgh, is an electronic repository of documents relating to the development of the European Union. It consists of EU official documents - such as green and white papers, treaties and reports - and independently-published materials such as conference papers, working papers and journal articles. It is possible to search the site by keyword, browse by topic or consult the list of new additions to the site. There is a link to AEIPlus, which permits simultaneous searching of the Archive of European Integration and the European Research Papers Archive (including the European Integration Online Papers).
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ARENA (Advanced Research on the Europeanisation of the Nation-State)
http://www.arena.uio.no/
ARENA is a research programme focusing on developments in the governance of Europe. It is based at the University of Oslo. The website provides details of ARENA working papers from 1994 to the present, with links to the full text of many. Items published in the ARENA Reprint Series are listed without the full text. Information about the ARENA Report Series is also given, with some links to the full report. The site hosts the RECON Online Working Papers series on democracy in Europe; the full text of these is available. Details of seminars and other events are given. Although the website is largely in English, some content is only in Norwegian.
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Asia-Europe meeting (EU external relations)
http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/asem/intro/index.htm
This website gives details of the Asia-Europe meeting, which is an informal collaboration between the EU countries and Asian countries, to promote understanding between the two groups. News, events listings and reports of their work can be accessed on this website. This forms part of the EU's external relations activities.
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ASIL Electronic Resource Guide: European Union
http://www.asil.org/eu1.cfm
Online guide focusing on electronic resources for researching the law of the European Union, written by Marylin Johnson Raisch who is Associate Law Librarian for International and Foreign Law at the John Wolff International and Comparative Law Library of the Georgetown Law Center in the United States. This guide forms a chapter within the ASIL's Guide to Electronic Resources for International law and is made freely available on the American Society of International Law's website. The author provides an overview of the treaties establishing the European Union including a section on the Lisbon Treaty. There is guidance on using the Europa website, finding EU legislation and the legislative process. The guide outlines the powers of key European institutions including the European Commission, Council of the European Union, European Parliament, Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. There is information on the case law of the EU courts and on searching for particular cases on the Curia website. There is also guidance on finding topical information including social policy, health and consumer protection and human rights. The guide includes links and references to printed and online sources of EU information.
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Asociacion Mexicana de Estudios sobre la Comunidad Europea
http://www.ecsamexico.org/
ECSA Mexico is an academic association for European studies. Members conduct research on the political, economic, social, cultural and business relations between Mexico and the EU countries. It is an active member of the world-wide network of the European Community Studies Associations (ECSA), based in Brussels. You can find details of events, news and publications on their website. NB. The website is only in Spanish.
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Assemblée nationale : présidence française de l'Union européenne 2008
http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/europe/index-pfue.asp
A special site created by the French parliament l'Assemblée nationale to provide coverage of the French presidency of the EU in 2008. It includes timetables, plus press releases, statements and speeches relating to the assemblee and its parliamentary activities during the presidency. Other features of the site include background details on France and the EU, such as interactive maps of the history of EU integration, historic video clips of key moments and links to EU treaties. All information is offered in French only.
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Assembly of European Regions
http://www.aer.eu/
The Assembly of European Regions (AER) was created in 1985; it is "the political voice of the regions and the key partner for the European and international institutions on every issue of regional competence.". The AER is based in Strasbourg and the membership comes from 32 European countries. The website has links to the member regions and to interregional organisations. Details of current activities and programmes are given, and publications and reports are available online, many in full text. The site has English, French and German versions
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Assessing accession; Central and Eastern Europe in the EU
http://assessingaccession.co.uk/default.aspx
Accessing accession is a research network which focuses primarily on evaluation of the 2004 and the subsequent 2007 enlargement of the EU. It was set up by the University of Glasgow's Department of Central and East European Studies (CEES). The site has information on the context and aims of the network. Projects, working papers, a discussion forum and events listings are available.
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