TY - BOOK AU - Corner,Mark TI - The European Union: an introduction T2 - Library of European studies SN - 9781780766850 U1 - 341.2 PY - 2014/// CY - London, New York PB - I. B. Tauris KW - European Union KW - European Union countries N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. History -- 3. Anatomy -- 4. The single market -- 5. Agriculture and aquaculture -- 6. A Europe of regions -- 7. External relations -- 8. The greening of Europe? -- 9. Conclusion N2 - The EU is one of the most notoriously complex international organisations. It is the only supranational organisation where nation-states agree to share sovereignty in some areas but not in others. At the heart of the EU debate across Europe are two opposing groups: one aims to devolve more sovereignty to the EU, with the aim of creating a European 'super-state' and the other wishes to devolve less, effectively relegating the EU to a mere discussion forum ER -