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The European Council in the Era of Crises Paperback edition
2023 || Paperback || Jan Werts || John Harper Publishing Ltd
Jan Werts brings a unique perspective to the European Council. As a journalist, he has reported on the spot from virtually every European Council meeting since 1975, a witness to countless episodes of last-minute arm-twisting and creative compromise. As a scholar, he wrote the first ever doctoral dissertation on the European Council, published in 1992. In 2008 he carried the story forward to the verge of the start of the permanent presidency. In this latest book, against the background of the...
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How to Work with the EU Institutions
2020 || Paperback || Alan Hardacre || John Harper Publishing Ltd
EU legislation has worldwide and serious impacts for governments, businesses and consumers. In this systematic and practical handbook, expert Brussels professionals share their insights, tips and strategies for engaging successfully with the process by which these laws are made. The authors show how lobbying is a multi-stage end-to-end process and explain the opportunities, challenges and risks at each step.
The book is full of real-world insights, timelines for how legislation is adopted, c...
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The Ultimate EU Test Book Administrators 2023
2023 || Paperback || András Baneth || John Harper Publishing Ltd
The 2023 Ultimate EU Test Book Administrators edition has been updated to match the new format for EPSO competitions after May 2023, which has shorter timelines, some tests dropped, and new ones added.
The 2023 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. In it you will find:
• What the new-style EPSO Administrator competitio...
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The European Parliament 2024 / 10th edition
2024 || Paperback || Richard Corbett e.a. || John Harper Publishing Ltd
This fully revised 2024 tenth edition of the leading textbook on the European Parliament systematically and clearly covers every aspect of how the Parliament is elected, its internal structures and procedures, its powers and how it relates to the other EU institutions. It is an essential guide for all those working in or with the Parliament, those hoping to work at the Parliament, students of the EU institutions, and political practitioners.
“a quintessential guide to the world’s only ele...
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From Spectator to Actor: Changing Gear in EU Foreign Policy
2023 || Paperback || Urmas Paet || John Harper Publishing Ltd
In this call to action, Renew Europe MEP Urmas Paet, who was Estonian foreign minister from 2005-2014, forensically examines the EU’s too-often ineffective performance in the face of a wide range of foreign policy challenges. Lack of consensus among the member states, slow decision-making, strategic confusion, poor engagement with potential partners and an absence of real conviction are constant themes.
The inescapable conclusion is that in foreign policy the EU, while a source of ceaseless...
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Women Leading the Way in Brussels
2017 || Paperback || Claudia de Castro Caldeirinha e.a. || John Harper Publishing Ltd
Women Leading the Way in Brussels brings together the stories of women leaders in the capital of Europe. These inspirational role models, who have “made it” in a variety of sectors, share their experiences, reflect on lessons learnt, and impart advice for the next generation of aspiring women leaders.
Features
• The stories of 14 women leaders in Brussels, based on interviews.
• Facts & figures about women in decision-making in Europe.
• Advice and “dos and don’ts” for women ...
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The Ultimate EU Career Development Book 2.0
2023 || Paperback || J De Sutter || John Harper Publishing Ltd
This expanded and updated edition 2.0 is for all EU staff, at all levels, permanent, temporary or contract − and indeed anyone with ambitions to work in the EU sphere. It is supported by a free-to-use self-assessment app. With this book you will be able to:
● Understand the EU ‘core competencies’ of analysis and problem solving, communicating, delivering quality and results, learning and development, prioritising and organising, resilience, working with others, and leadership and how ...
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The Forgotten Tribe: British MEPs 1979-2020
2023 || Paperback || Dianne Hayter e.a. || John Harper Publishing Ltd
This book tells the story of the UK Members of the European Parliament from the first direct elections in 1979 to British withdrawal in 2020.
Their work was rarely acknowledged in their own country, making them for the most part a “forgotten tribe”. Nonetheless, in the words of former UK permanent representative Ivan Rogers: “The EU as a whole benefitted hugely from the expertise, the wisdom, the breadth, the temperament, the professionalism, the humour and even the constructive health...
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Working for the EU: How to Get In
2023 || Paperback || J De Berlaymont || John Harper Publishing Ltd
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The Ultimate EU Test Book Assessment Centre 2021
2023 || Paperback || J De Sutter || John Harper Publishing Ltd
This book is designed to help candidates succeed at the Assessment Centre, the final stage in EPSO competitions and the gateway to jobs in the EU institutions. This specially updated 2021 edition includes the online testing regime and situational competency based interview introduced because of the Covid pandemic. Written by experts in EPSO competitions, it explains exactly what the assessors are looking for and is packed with useful tips about how to prepare, what to do – and mistakes to a...