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| Title: | One Union, Many Voices
: The EU Meets the People |
| Author: | Anders Samuelsen (ed) |
| ISBN: | 908101031X : 9789081010313 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 160x240mm |
| Pages: | 146 |
| Weight: | .29 Kg. |
| Published: | EuroComment - October 2005 |
| List Price: | 10.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | European studies |
France and the Netherlands voted ‘no’ to the constitutional treaty. But why? And why did every other country say ‘yes’, with or without a referendum? Why didn’t all EU countries plan to hold referendums? And what of the future of the EU? The aim of this book is to answer these and other questions. Fifteen of Europe’s most competent analysts have written a chapter for Anders Samuelsen, The Danish Social Liberal member of the European Parliament, from the perspective of each their countries. They are analysts who normally write for papers such as Le Monde, The Financial Times, El País, Politiken, Corriere Della Sera, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and The Guardian, just to mention a few. Based on the articles and his own experiences, Anders Samuelsen points out similarities and differences across the countries and outlines a possible way forward.
Introduction; France -- The French Say 'No' to Enlargement, Globalisation and Chirac; The Netherlands -- The Constitutional Treaty as an Emergency Brake: The Dutch Get Off the Integration Train; Italy -- The Italian Paradox: Enthusiasm and Scepticism Go Hand in Hand; Denmark -- Referendum: The Wrong Answer to an Important Question; The United Kingdom -- The EU as a Political Football in a Game of Domestic Politics; Ireland -- Many Referendums, But No Debate; Portugal -- A Small Country Seeking Security and Influence; Spain -- Spain is the Problem -- Europe the Solution; Referendum -- Why Run the Risk?; Sweden -- If you Don't Want to Hear the Answer, Don’t Ask the Question; Austria -- Fear Sets the Agenda; Poland -- Still a Happy Newcomer; The Czech Republic -- A One-Way Ticket to the West: The Czech Marriage of Convenience to the EU; Hungary -- 'Yes' to Modernisation, 'No' to Loss of Sovereignty; Conclusion.
