Three editions of The European Parliament book.

A short history of the book “The European Parliament”

The idea of writing a book on the European Parliament was suggested 35 years ago by Francis Jacobs to John Harper, then working at the British publisher Longmans. He agreed; but what Francis did not know was that John only succeeded in getting the proposal approved by the Longman acquisitions committee by promising that he would also produce a volume on the much higher profile Commission!

45 Years on the road with the European Council

Jan Werts arrived in Brussels as an EU Affairs correspondent in 1975 just as the European Council summits began. He has been covering them ever since. His latest book is The European Council in the Era of Crises.