“…The EU banking market is very integrated since banking institutions based in the Union are free to perform their activities within the common market. …”

“…Recommendations are addressed to federal and state agencies, OSH organizations, educational institutions, employers, unions, and other stakeholders.The committee reviews trends in workforce demographics, the nature of work in the information age, globalization of work, and the revolution in health care delivery?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The process that led to the establishment of the European Union -- The 2002-2003 European Convention and the 2004 constitutional treaty and its failed ratification -- From the constitutional treaty to the Lisbon Treaty -- The difficult ratification of the Lisbon Treaty -- The structure of the Lisbon Treaty -- Values and objectives -- Delimitation and clarification of the EU competences -- Basic principles -- The legal personality of the EU -- Variable geometry -- Legislative and non-legislative procedures and acts -- Procedures for the revision of the treaties -- Withdrawal of a member state from the EU -- The European parliament -- The national parliaments -- The citizens' initiative and other possibilities for the citizens to influence decisions of the EU -- The judgment of 30 June 2009 of the German constitutional court and the issue of the democratic legitimacy of the EU -- The origins of the EU Charter of fundamental rights -- The Charter of fundamental rights as referred to in the Lisbon Treaty -- The protocol on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom -- The accession of the EU to the European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms -- A short history of justice and home affairs in the EU -- The abolition of the third pillar and the other changes made by the Lisbon Treaty -- Variable geometry in the area of freedom, security, and justice -- The European Council -- The Council -- The Commission -- The Court of Justice -- Changes to other institutions and bodies -- Relations between institutions and the interinstitutional balance -- External affairs before the Lisbon Treaty -- The high representative of the union for foreign affairs and security policy -- The European external action service -- The common foreign and security policy -- Security and defence -- Other sectors of external affairs, including trade policy -- The EU budget -- European monetary union and the Euro zone -- The internal market and free competition -- Social policy -- Services of general interest -- Agriculture, energy, health and other internal affairs…”

“…Knowing about this eclipsed critical tradition contributes to a deeper understanding of the notion of Europe and its institutional embodiments. It gives resonance to the intellectual and cultural history of Europe's "peripheries" and re-evaluates Euroskeptic contributions as one of the few hopes left to imagine ways to renew the promise of a union of the European nations…”