The European Dream: The European Union for OUtsiders

In this book an East European, Sándor Mester, Hungarian journalist and businessman, puts forward his views not on how wonderful it is for his nation and neighbouring nations to finally have the chance to become members of the European Union at some point in the future; rather, what it purports to indicate is that the so-called “Eastern” nations, repeatedly abandoned by the so-called “West” over the past half-century, retain their self-respect and dignity. The author’s approach is admittedly East European. Due to its easy-to-read, easy-to-understand and humorous style, the book is an entertaining EU-guide from the perspective of a person who comes from one of the East European countries which have not joined this organisation yet. Mester cites news and events, which are good excuses for him to introduce some crucial elements of the EU policy on agriculture, defence, its enlargement etc.