The European Union is in 1998 on the threshold of great changes. First published as European Community: The Building of a Union, this third edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to take the Union's recent developments into account. John Pinder provides a detailed and coherent view of the evolution of the European Union, and investigates its future as Europe approaches the millennium.About the Author: John Pinder was the Director of the Policy Study Institute from 1964 to 1985 and is now a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges.