Parameters of European integration -- Enlargement -- The European commission -- The European council -- The council of ministers -- The European Parliament -- The European court of justice -- Checks and balances -- The single market and competition -- Regional policy and cohesion -- The common agricultural policy (CAP) -- Economic and monetary union (EMU) -- Justice and home affairs -- Common foreign and security policy -- Trade and the common commercial policy -- Environment -- The sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone.