Produced in association with the Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS), the Annual Review covers the major developments in the European Union in the past year. * Includes analytical articles written by leading experts in their respective fields covering a wide array of political, economic and legal issues * Contains specially commissioned articles by Sara Hobolt on the elections to the European Parliament, Sonia Lucarelli on Italy and the EU, a review article written by David Phinnemore assessing recently published books on the EU, and Kathleen McNamara's JCMS Annual Review lecture * The most up-to-date and authoritative source of information for practitioners, lecturers, students and researchers of European integration, as well as for general readers who simply want to know more about the European Union