The European Ambition: The Group of the European People's Party and European Integration
Cover -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Shaping institutions and policies: The EPP Group in the European Communities -- Shaping European integration: transnational party cooperation after 1945 -- Italo-German dominance: composition and governance -- Forging alliances: co-operation and competition with other political groups -- Federalist vocation: deepening European integration -- Farmers, markets, and new challenges: policy-making in the Communities -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Constitutionalising the Union: The Role of the EPP Group -- Introduction -- The EPP Group and the Single European Act (1986) -- The EPP Group and the Treaty of Maastricht (1992) -- The EPP Group and the Amsterdam Treaty (1997) -- The EPP Group and the Nice Treaty (2001) -- The EPP Group and the Constitutional Treaty (2004) -- The EPP Group and the Lisbon Treaty (2007) -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Co-Shaping the Internal Market: The EPP Group and EU Internal Policies -- Introduction -- From 'talking shop' to empowered co-legislator: The role of the EP in internal policies -- Agricultural policy -- Economic and Monetary Union -- Social policy -- Environmental policy -- Developments in internal policies -- Agricultural policy -- Economic and Monetary Union -- Social policy -- Environmental policy -- The EPP Group in the EP's committees -- The EPP Group and the CAP -- The EPP Group and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) -- The EPP Group and social policy -- The EPP Group and environmental policy -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX -- Chapter 4 Values, Strategies, Actions: The EPP Group and EU External Relations -- The role of the European Parliament in EU external relations -- Developments in EU external relations since 2004: an overview -- The process of formulating EPP Group positions in EU external relations -- EPP Group cohesion in matters related to the EU external relations.