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| Title: | Making of the New Europe
: The European Councils in Brussels & Copenhagen 2002 |
| Series: | (European Council Commentary, Volume 2, Number 1) |
| Author: | Peter Ludlow |
| ISBN: | 9077110046 : 9789077110041 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 185x245mm |
| Pages: | 390 |
| Weight: | .894 Kg. |
| Published: | EuroComment - July 2004 |
| List Price: | 36 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Regional studies: Politics & government: Europe |
The European Councils in Brussels and Copenhagen in the second half of 2002 culminated in the decision to admit ten new members to the European Union from Central and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean in May 2004. The story involves a large cast of actors from inside and outside the Union. The central players are, however, the Danish Presidency, the Commission and the heads of state or government in the member states. The issues at stake included money, the future of the Common Agricultural Policy, Europe's Security and Defence Policy on the eve of the Iraq war, and, by no means least, a growing struggle for power in the Union amongst the larger member states and between the small and the large.
Contents: Enlargement from the 1950s to the 1990s; 1999: the turning point; From Helsinki to Seville; The Danish Presidency, the Big Five and the Leadership of the EU; The Candidates and their Chief Negotiators; Council reform; Clearing the decks; CAP reform; Choosing the winners: the Commission's Strategy Paper; Greece, Turkey and the ESDP; Kaliningrad; The politics of enlargement on the eve of the Brussels Council; The making of the Conclusions; The Brussels Council: an overview; The Conclusions; The negotiations with the Ten; Bulgaria and Romania; Turkey, Cyprus, the ESDP and NATO.; Kaliningrad: the EU-Russian summit and its sequel; Council reform: the future of the Presidency; The Copenhagen Council: an overview; The Conclusions; Unity or Disunity?; Expensive or cheap?; An effective Union, but for how long?
