EUROPE DIRECT AT THE LONDON PRESS CLUB

Europe Direct at the London Press Club offers a range of services and information.

We try to ensure that the general public and journalists in particular have easy access to information and sources about the European Union.

Who makes EU laws? What is the European Council? What are the powers of the European Parliament and the 27 EU Commissioners? How do these EU institutions work and relate to each other? What are the treaties which give the EU its legal powers to act on behalf of EU citizens?

If you have a specific enquiry, look through the following list of websites to see which one of them may be most likely to help you.

As a first port of call please ring the European Commission's Europe Direct Service 00800 67891011. Calls to this number are free.

The main European Union website is www.europa.eu.int

The European Commission website can be found at http://europa.eu.int/comm/

The European Parliament maintains a separate website www.europarl.eu.int

As does the Council of the European Union: http://ue.eu.int

The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg also maintains an independent website: http://curia.eu.int

The European Central Bank also: www.ecb.int

Lisbon Treaty:

FCO website www.fco.gov.uk with subsections on Britain in the EU and then the EU Lisbon Treaty.

Centre for European Reform briefing (CER): www.cer.org for the CER Guide to the Reform Treaty.

European Commission website: http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty