Cover; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: understanding the domestic politics of treaty reform; 2. The EU reform process: from the European Constitution to the Lisbon Treaty; 3. France: from rejection to return?; 4. Germany: from launching the constitutional debate to salvaging a treaty; 5. United Kingdom: red lines defended; 6. Italy: the importance of party politics in treaty negotiations; 7. Poland: domestic discord makes for a problematic partner; 8. Ireland: more referendums anyone?; 9. The Benelux countries: how politicization upset a pro-integration coalition10. Spain and Portugal: continuity and consensus in Iberia; 11. The Nordic countries: between scepticism and adaptation; 12. Czech Republic and Slovakia: party politics and the travails of ratification; 13. Conclusion: preference formation, inter-state bargaining and the Treaty of Lisbon; Index
Discusses the domestic politics of treaty reform in the EU, from the failed referendums on the Constitutional Treaty held in France and the Netherlands in May-June 2005 to the initial rejection of the Treaty of Lisbon in Ireland in June 2008. This book is of interest to advanced students in EU studies, comparative politics and public policy
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