This booklet contains 10 briefs on the political structure and individual parties of the European Economic Community that have previously appeared in The Economist.

1. The powers of Europe's parliament; 2. Europe's bothersome budget; 3. Reforming the CAP; 4. A babel of tongues; 5. The European elections of June 1979; 6. Communism's great divides; 7. The costs of social democracy; 8. Europe's not-so-Christian democrats; 9. What is a conservative?; 10. Liberals-in-the-middle; 11. Mini-nations in the making.