Europa is the official website of the European Union with documents in all the languages of the EU. Below are a few of the useful areas which can be found on this portal.
- European Council - Sets the general political direction and priorities of the European Union
- European Parliament - Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are directly elected by EU voters every five years
- European Commission - Appointed Commissioners and the EU’s civil service. The Commission proposes EU legislation and checks it is properly applied across the EU. Works in the interests of the EU as a whole
- Court of Justice of the European Union - EU law courts
- EUR-Lex - Access to European Union law
- Legislation and Treaties - Search the listed databases for specific EU laws or learn about different legislative procedures. Find information on the procedures for legal cooperation between EU governments
- The Official Journal of the European Union - The only authoritative publication of EU legislation and changes in it. Series L is Legislation, and Series C is Information and Notices.
Europa can sometimes be difficult to navigate so if you already know of a particular document you want to find, a general search engine such as Google is a quick and effective way to find information. To ensure you only get relevant information when searching with Google, go to Advanced Search and put europa.eu into 'Search within a site or domain', this will limit your results to Europa pages only.
