The Brussels “EU Bubble” is a high-pressure, fast-churn and competitive environment where career success can often come at a high personal cost. Drawing on his own experience and the collective wisdom of many Brussels insiders, Jeroen Reijnen explains “the art of working and living in the EU Bubble” − in other words, how best to achieve a positive work-life balance in a city where people come and go, and burnout, rootlessness and loneliness are all too common.

As Jeroen explains: �...

This 20th anniversary edition of The Ultimate EU Test Book covers the updated 2025 suite of tests used by EPSO for Administrator competitions. It is packed with practical advice on learning strategies to maximise your chances of success. There are hundreds of practice test questions explaining the shortcuts to finding correct answers quickly and the common errors that candidates make. And, for the first time, the Administrators edition now includes coverage of the interviews and other oral te...

This book is a foundation text explaining in detail how EU legislative decision-making works in the Commission/European Parliament term that runs to 2029. Successive chapters explain the role of each of the EU institutions in the legislative process, describing the internal mechanisms and each step in sequence.

The book then moves on to show how the interplay of the institutions, and the engagement of stakeholders, works in practical terms to shape legislation from start to finish, with deta...

The Ultimate EU Test Book Administrators 2024 edition has been updated to reflect the new format of European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) competitions and includes hundreds of new test questions and exercises.

The 2024 Administrators edition covers the new competition process all the way through to the establishment of the Reserve List − the list of laureates eligible for recruitment to permanent posts by the EU institutions. It is packed with practical advice on how to maximise your ...

In Brussels lobbying is the oil that makes the wheels go round. No institution, no member state, no political group, no special interest can push a policy through unaided. Everyone needs allies, and everyone needs to lobby. But while Brussels has many lobbyists – only Washington is said to compare − only a few operate on the level of the superlobbyist.

Step by step, and with many revealing and candid anecdotes of his own successes and failures, Brussels public affairs specialist Milos Lab...

The Ultimate EU Test Book Assistants 2020 is specially designed for candidates preparing for European Personnel Selection office (EPSO) competitions at Assistant (AST and SC) level. It is relevant to all Assistant-level EPSO open competitions and CAST selections.

The 2020 edition is the biggest Assistants edition ever and full of strategies, advice and practice exercises. The focus is on the computer-based multiple choice question tests which prove an obstacle to so many. Included are methodo...

“This handbook, for local party officers and other interested members, is an important new step … a valuable guide for the experienced and inexperienced alike.” Mark Pack, President of the Liberal Democrats & Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on the London Assembly

“a relevant, impactful and vital guide”, Toni Brodelle, Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidates Association

This book is a practical handbook for building a Local Party – all the way ...

EU legislation has major impacts on virtually every aspect of life in the EU Member States, as well as on many businesses and other stakeholders in non-member countries. However the EU decision-making process, with its complex and unique interplay between institutions and stakeholders, can seem an impenetrable mystery.

This book is a foundation text explaining systematically and comprehensively how this decision-making works. Successive chapters explain the role of each of the EU institution...

In an era of information overload, great ideas alone aren’t enough — how you communicate them determines whether they shape decisions or get ignored. This book gives you the tools to ensure your policy briefs are read, understood, and acted upon.

The book is designed to help policymakers, researchers, advocacy professionals, communications specialists, and anyone who needs to turn complex ideas into clear, compelling, and actionable policy communications.

The coverage includes:

• Strate...