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Dear colleagues, As the UK is now committed to a referendum on EU membership I thought it might be useful to produce a selection of resources to send out to anyone who might be interested in getting some background information. Track progress of the European Union Referendum Bill 2015-16<http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/europeanunionreferendum.html>, announced in the Queen's Speech and published on 28 May. Between 2012 and the end of 2014, the coalition government published a Review of the balance of competences<https://www.gov.uk/review-of-the-balance-of-competences> between the EU and the UK. The 14 lengthy reports appeared with little publicity and no official summary has been published. This full briefing by the Senior European Experts<http://www.euromove.org.uk/fileadmin/files_euromove/downloads/SEE_Briefing_-_Balance_of_competences.pdf> attempts to fill the gap. A legal analysis of the ways in which treaties have been adapted in the past has been written for the European Parliament by Professor Steve Peers: Trends in differentiation of EU law and lessons for the future<http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2015/510007/IPOL_IDA(2015)510007_EN.pdf>. He also wrote an article for the Observer this week on What will happen if the UK leaves<http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/07/what-will-happen-if-uk-leaves-eu-ten-ways-life-could-change> The House of Commons Library has produced a detailed research paper<http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7214/CBP-7214.pdf> on Exiting the EU (50p). Britain's fraught relationship with Europe is analysed in a book (125p) prepared by Ireland's leading think tank, the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA): Britain and Europe: the endgame - an Irish perspective<http://www.iiea.com/ftp/Publications/Britain-and-Europe-The-Endgame_DigitalVersion.pdf>. Jean-Claude Piris of the Fondation Robert Schuman gives a valuable analysis in this policy paper European issues no. 355<http://www.robert-schuman.eu/en/doc/questions-d-europe/qe-355-en.pdf> The BBC's guide to the UK's planned in-out EU referendum<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32810887> gives brief answers to key questions. Best wishes Patrick Patrick Overy (EDC Librarian) and Subject Librarian (Business); working hours Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday mornings. Forum Library, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4PT Tel: 01392 723767 E-Mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [http://www.exeter.ac.uk/codebox/email-sig/images/logo.gif]<http://www.exeter.ac.uk/> [Description: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/codebox/email-sig/images/fb.gif] <http://ex.ac.uk/ek> [Description: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/codebox/email-sig/images/twitter.gif] <https://twitter.com/ExeterUniLib> [you tube] <http://www.youtube.com/ExeterUniLibrary> [blog-icon-grey] <http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/librarynews/> This email and any attachment may contain information that is confidential, privileged, or subject to copyright, and which may be exempt from disclosure under applicable legislation. It is intended for the addressee only. If you received this message in error, please let me know and delete the email and any attachments immediately. The University will not accept responsibility for the accuracy/completeness of this e-mail and its attachments. * You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the EIA list Eurotalk - this list is for EIA members only. * To send a message to the list email [log in to unmask] * When going on holiday or out of the office don't forget to temporarily disable your mail. Send SET * NOMAIL to [log in to unmask] (NOT [log in to unmask]). This command sets NOMAIL for ALL lists you are subscribed to. * On your return catch-up by reading the online archives at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/eurotalk.html * For general help and FAQs on using jiscmail go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/using/qa.htm