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Description of Dod's European Companion 2009

The definitive guide to the EU

Quickly establishing itself as the bastion of European politics, Dod's European Companion is the most accessible, functional and user-friendly publication available covering the EU. Growing in stature year on year, it has been designed to simplify Europe for you. It is the only information source to continually provide unparalleled levels of information including:

# A complete directory of all senior officials who make up the institutions of the European Union - over 9,000 names at your fingertips

# In-depth biographies for over 1,400 senior personnel within the EU including all MEPs, the Commissioners and key players within other EU Institutional bodies

# A detailed description of all 25 Member States and how they operate

# In-depth information on the European Parliament, Council of the European Union, European Commission, European Central Bank, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, European Court of Justice and Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee and the decentralised Community Bodies

# Comprehensive indexes by People, Country and Institution

Title Information

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

360812

Publisher:

Dod's Parliamentary Communications

Published:

01/11/2008

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Contents of Dod's European Companion 2009

One comprehensive volume





European Parliament

Cabinet of the President - full cabinet listing, biographies and contact details

Biographical profiles for Secretariat

MEPs’ biographies - each biographical profile includes name, political party and European political group affiliation, photograph, contact details in home country and European Parliament, personal information (including DOB, education and recreations) detailed non-political and political career history. NEW! Parliamentary Assistants listing for MEPs

MEPs by country - country listing of MEPs by name, political party and European party Group

Political groups - a breakdown of each European political group by group and member country. Each party group is detailed with contact details, key personnel biographical profiles and contact details

National political parties - details of the main political parties within each member state

Committees, Delegations and Assemblies - Detailed listing of chair, vice-chairs and members of all EU Committees, Delegations and Assemblies

Information Offices - Contact details for each Member States Office

European Ombudsman - full description and contact details. Complete management listing and biographical entries

European Data Protection Supervisor - full description and contact details. Complete management listing and biographical entries

European Central Bank - full organisation description and contact details. Complete management and administrative personnel listing and biographical entries for the heads of the Central Banks of all the Member States

European Investment Bank - full organisation description and contact details. Complete management listing and biographical entries for senior personnel

European Investment Fund - full organisation description and contact details. Complete management listing and biographical entries for senior personnel

Committee of the Regions - complete listing of members, management and administrative staff

Finance from Europe

Sources of Information

European Commission - full organisation description, complete Commission listing with Commissioners’ responsibilities. Detailed breakdown for each Directorate General with biographical profiles of senior personnel

Council of the European Union

European Council - full organisation description and contact details. Biographical profiles for all Members States’ heads of government

Council of the European Union - details of the role and function of the Council

Permanent Representatives - full biographical profiles for each Members State’s permanent representative

General Secretariat - description and biographies of the key personnel

Court of Justice / Court of First Instance / Court of Auditors description of each Court, listing and profiles of each Member State’s representatives

European Social and Economic Committee - listing of the members by Group and biographies of senior personnel

Decentralised EU Bodies - descriptions, contact details and senior personnel

European Organisations - descriptions, contact details and senior personnel

Member and Applicant States - detailed breakdown of each EU member and applicant state, including contact and senior personnel details

Index