The Future of Europe: Integration and Enlargement

by Fraser Cameron;

• ISBN13: 9780415324847
• ISBN10: 041532484X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-03-26
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In 2004 the European Union's Intergovernmental Conference will finalize 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 on the eve of its biggest enlargement so far, and also considers its future prospects in several key areas. The book explains why 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 neighbors * EU-American relations. With an analysis of US attitudes towards a new enlarged Europe, this state of the art summary of theEuropean Union is essential reading for students of European politics and European Studies at a key moment in the EU's history.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables	vii
List of contributors	viii
Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
List of abbreviations	xiii
1 Widening and deepening	1	(17)
FRASER CAMERON
2 The Convention and the draft constitutional treaty	18	(17)
DAVID ALLEN
3 The enlargement negotiations	35	(28)
GRAHAM AVERY
4 The newcomers	63	(17)
HEATHER GRABBE
5 The political economy of enlargement	80	(18)
ANDREW SCOTT
6 The Wider Europe	98	(16)
GEOFFREY HARRIS
7 European security in flux	114	(21)
ANTONIO MISSIROLI AND GERRARD QUILLE
8 The transatlantic dimension	135	(14)
SIMON SERFATY
9 Europe's future	149	(13)
FRASER CAMERON
Appendix	162	(1)
Glossary	163	(2)
Index	165