Mapping European Integration through its Cities

Brussels, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Maastricht, Rome, Schengen and Strasbourg are part of the frequently used European jargon. This book aims to discover what hides behind these names : the site of an institution or an agency, the place of the signing of a Treaty, or an agreement which has made a mark on European integration ? Domenico Rossetti di Valdalbero adopts a new approach allowing a better understanding of the European Union through its cities. In a original and pedagogic way, the author deals with the European budget under Berlin, strenghtened cooperation under Nice, asylum under Dublin, the EBRD under London, the Euro-Mediterranean process under Barcelona or the European higher education area under Bologna. In an enjoyable but informative way, the reader can easily find the explanations related to 300 terms, concepts and acronyms like codecision, subsidiarity, Berlaymont, Dooge Committee, Troïka, EFSP or ITER. Clear figures and synthetic tables illustrate the European decision-making process, the evolution of the unemployment rate in the Member States these last thirty years, the comparison of military expenditures in the EU, or the global and European demographic trends up to 2050. Have a nice trip through European integration.