This textbook provides a current, focused, and sometimes critical overview of the history, institutions, law, and policies of the European Union. The European Union is a topic of great international significance, and many books have already been written about it. However, the authors of this book offer a unique structure that allows important European topics to be learned in four languages. The reader-friendly volume is particularly aimed at students and teaching staff, especially in law, international relations, and political science, as well as employees of foreign ministries and, of course, anyone interested in the subject.