Table of contents:
Preface Foreword 1. Widening and Deepening ‘Fraser Cameron’ 2. The Convention, the IGC and the Constitutional Treaty ‘David Allen’ 3. The Enlargement Negotiations ‘Graham Avery’ 4. The Newcomers ‘Heather Grabbe’ 5. The Political Economy of an Enlarged Europe ‘Andrew Scott’ 6. The Wider Europe ‘Geoffrey Harris’ 7. European Security in Flux ‘Antonio Missiroli ‘and’ Gerard Quille’ 8. The Transatlantic Dimension ‘Simon Serfaty’ 9. The Future of Europe ‘Fraser Cameron ‘Glossary
In 2004, the European Union's Intergovernmental Conference finalised the historic process of enlarging the EU from fifteen to twenty-five members. This book is the most detailed and up-to-date account of the state of the European Union's biggest enlargement so far, and also considers its future prospects in several key areas.It exaplainswhy the ten applicant countries wanted to join the EU and how they succeeded after lengthy negotiations.
Each chapter is a cutting-edge overview by a leading figure in the field and subjects covered include:
- the enlargement-integration debate
- the politics of the EU's new member states
- the role of the European Convention
- the political economy of an enlarged Europe
- the challenges of developing common European foreign and security policy
- the EU's relations with its neighbours
- EU-American relations.
This book is the most detailed and up-to-date account of the state of the European Union on the eve of its biggest enlargement so far, and also considers its future prospects in several key areas.
Preface Foreword 1. Widening and Deepening ‘Fraser Cameron’ 2. The Convention, the IGC and the Constitutional Treaty ‘David Allen’ 3. The Enlargement Negotiations ‘Graham Avery’ 4. The Newcomers ‘Heather Grabbe’ 5. The Political Economy of an Enlarged Europe ‘Andrew Scott’ 6. The Wider Europe ‘Geoffrey Harris’ 7. European Security in Flux ‘Antonio Missiroli ‘and’ Gerard Quille’ 8. The Transatlantic Dimension ‘Simon Serfaty’ 9. The Future of Europe ‘Fraser Cameron ‘Glossary
In 2004, the European Union's Intergovernmental Conference finalised the historic process of enlarging the EU from fifteen to twenty-five members. This book is the most detailed and up-to-date account of the state of the European Union's biggest enlargement so far, and also considers its future prospects in several key areas.It exaplainswhy the ten applicant countries wanted to join the EU and how they succeeded after lengthy negotiations.
Each chapter is a cutting-edge overview by a leading figure in the field and subjects covered include:
- the enlargement-integration debate
- the politics of the EU's new member states
- the role of the European Convention
- the political economy of an enlarged Europe
- the challenges of developing common European foreign and security policy
- the EU's relations with its neighbours
- EU-American relations.
This book is the most detailed and up-to-date account of the state of the European Union on the eve of its biggest enlargement so far, and also considers its future prospects in several key areas.