Often misunderstood & misrepresented, the European Union has grown since its inception to become a system that provides democratic accountability to more than five hundred million Europeans. In Fiction, Fact & Future, James Elles unravels these misunderstandings, particularly in the British media, & offers a compelling account of the nature of the EU. In addition to providing much-needed clarifications on the EU's structure, he examines how democracy in the EU is likely to develop over the decade, with Britain absent & President Macron at the forefront of the debate, & how the European Parliament will continue to develop as a platform for the voice of the European people. A timely book in the wake of Brexit, Fiction, Fact & Future offers a guide that reveals what Britain got wrong about the EU, & charts what changes the British might see from the EU in the years ahead.