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Discusses key European Union foreign policy developments in 2004. Attention is given to the Common Foreign & Security Policy/European Security & Defense Policy, external trade & commercial policy, development cooperation policy & humanitarian aid, & the European Economic Area & the European Free Trade Assoc. EU relations with various regions in 2004 are then reviewed. J. Zendejas

Details the major European Union policy shifts brought on by its 2004 enlargement. Economic, social, financial, agricultural, & environmental policy changes are discussed. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document.

We present a model of policy development in which competing factions have different ideologies, yet agree on certain common objectives. Policy developers can appeal to a decision maker by making productive investments to improve the quality of their proposals. These investments are specific to a given proposal, which means that policy developers can potentially obtain informal agenda power. Competition undermines this agenda power, forcing policy developers to craft policies that are better for the decision maker. This beneficial effect is strongest if policy developers have divergent ideological preferences, because their intense desire to affect policy motivates them to develop higher quality proposals. (JEL D72, D73, D78, E61)