This publication provides an overview of selected policies of the European Union. It combines a general and analytical approach. Written in a lively and pungent style, this book is a tour de force. The book falls into overlapping parts: Common Agricultural Policy; Common Transport Policy; EU Energy Policy; Social Policy of the European Union; EU Environmental Policy; Monetary Policy in the Eurozone; the Common Foreign and Security Policy. The publication will be of interest and issue to experts and students of the European faculties, political science, international relations, law and economy. You will find it not just a must, but truly compelling reading. prof. dr hab. Konstanty A. Wojtaszczyk Publikacja powstała we współpracy z Wydziałem Nauk Społecznych Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego.