APPENDIX 1: Membership of the European Council.
As of March 2004, the EU heads of government/state were as follows:

APPENDIX 2: Order of Seating and Voting at Meetings of the European Council and the Councils of Ministers, and participating universities.

APPENDIX 3: Membership of the European Commission.
The 20 European Commissioners are as follows:

The relevant national delegation provides the appropriate Commissioners.

APPENDIX 4: President of the European Commission.
Romano Prodi of Italy was appointed president of the European Commission in 1999.

APPENDIX 5: Rotation of member states holding the Presidency of the European Union.

2003 2nd half Italy
2004 1st half Ireland
2004 2nd half The Netherlands

At EU-Southwest 2004, the delegates from Italy, Ireland, and The Netherlands will constitute the troika, and should be sure to work particularly closely together (except in the Commission).

APPENDIX 6: Sources of information.

1) Textbooks. For information on the history, institutions, and policies of the EU, the following are recommended:

Dinan, Desmond, Ever Closer Union? An Introduction to the European Community (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2nd ed, 1999)
George, Stephen, Politics and Policy in the European Community (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 3rd ed, 1996)
McCormick, John, The European Union: Politics and Policies (Boulder, CO: Westview, 2nd ed, 1999)
Nugent, Neill, The Government and Politics of the European Union (Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 4th ed, 1999)
Urwin, Derek, The Community of Europe: A History of European Integration Since 1945 (London: Longman, 2nd ed, 1995)

2) Official EU Documents. There are many, but these are the most important:

- Official Journal of the European Communities (daily). Key source on all EU legislation,
- Bulletin of the European Union (monthly). Record of events and policies for all EU institutions.
- General Report on the Activities of the European Union (annual). Annual report on EU activities.

3) Web sites. There are also many of these. For links to the best ones, see the Model EU Web sites:

http://www.ou.edu/eucenter/Links/UsefulLinks1.htm

http://www.iupui.edu/~modeleu/

4) Periodicals. For the best news sources, see The Economist (weekly), European Voice (weekly) and Europe (monthly).
For excellent sources of economic and political information, see the Country Reports published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, and European Policy Analyst, published by The Economist.
The best academic journal on the EU is the Journal of Common Market Studies.