Tussen schok en overgang: de Europese Unie in 2001
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijks tijdschrift, Band 44, Heft 2-3, S. 279-306
ISSN: 0486-4700
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijks tijdschrift, Band 44, Heft 2-3, S. 279-306
ISSN: 0486-4700
In: Res Publica, Band 44, Heft 2-3, S. 279-305
Without doubt, the year 2001 will remain identified with the terrorist attacks of september 11. To some extent, this goes for the European Union as well. The events of september 11 left an important mark on the European integration process, of which the development of the European arrest warrant is an important illustration. Nevertheless, as for the European Union, the year 2001 was more than a year of anti-terrorism measures. In the second semester of2001, the Belgian government assumed the presidency ofthe European Union. 2001 was also the year in which, only weeks after street violence disruputed the European Council ofGöteborg, a protester was killed in the margin ofthe G7-G8 Summit in Genova. In 2001, the gap between the European Union and the United States got larger for a number of policy fields, including National Missile Defence and the Kyoto Protocol. Yet, in the autumn of2001, both power blocks reconciliated at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar. In Doha, a new global round of trade negotiations was launched. As in previous years, in 2001, the enlargement process was high on the European agenda. As for the latter, for the first time, ten candidate countries were mentioned by name, making their accession in 2004 a more realistic scenario. The eastern enlargement will radically change the face of the European Union. The Belgian presidency anticipated this impeding metamorphosis and stimulated the adoption of the Laeken Declaration in december 2001. The Declaration laid the foundation for the Convention on the Future of Europe which started on February 28, 2002. The Declaration of Laeken was one of the European highlights of 2001. The low point was the Irish referendum of June 7, 2001, in which a majority of the Irish population rejected the Treaty of Nice. Both events reflect the situation the European Union is faced with today, as they demonstrate the growing tension between the desires of «widening» and «deepening» the European construction. The future willreveal how the European Union went with this growing area of tension.
In: Res Publica, Band 44, Heft 2-3, S. 279-305
In: Politiek jaarboek: L' année politique = Political yearbook of Belgium, S. 279-306
ISSN: 0773-4425
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijks tijdschrift, Band 43, Heft 2-3, S. 343-368
ISSN: 0486-4700
In: Res Publica, Band 43, Heft 2-3, S. 343-368
During the past year, the European integration process steadily continued along familiar as well as less familiar paths. This contribution gives an overview of the core decisions made within the three pillars of the European construction in the year 2000. Although the vast majority of these decisions were closely linked to the approaching Eastern enlargement of the European Union, new avenues have been followed during the past year as well. The debate about the finality of the European integration process gained, by way ofspeeches of European leaders like Joschka Fischer, Jacques Chirac, Tony Blair and Guy Verhofstadt, fifty years after the Schuman declaration, a new momentum.
In: Res Publica, Band 43, Heft 2-3, S. 343-368
In: Politiek jaarboek: L' année politique = Political yearbook of Belgium, S. 343-368
ISSN: 0773-4425
In: Journal of Common Market Studies, Band 40, S. 49-51
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In: Routledge Handbook on the European Union and International Institutions
In: Routledge studies in European security and strategy
1. Introduction : a framework for analysing effective multilateralism / Edith Drieskens -- 2. The EU's search for effective participation at the UN General Assembly and UN Security Council / Edith Drieskens, Laura van Dievel and Yf Reykers -- 3. The EU's role in creating a more effective WHO / Louise G. van Schaik and Samantha Battams -- 4. The role of the EU in the reform of the FAO : bridge builder or structural engineer? / Robert Kissack -- 5. The EU and multilateralism in the environmental field : UNEP reform and external representation in environmental negotiations / Tom Delreux -- 6. Discreet effectiveness : the EU and the ICC / Laura Davis -- 7. Effective multilateralism in the IAEA : changing best practice / Johanne Grøndahl Glavind -- 8. From 'effective' to 'selective multilateralism' : the European Union's relations with NATO / Margriet Drent -- 9. Effective multilateralism between unequal partners : the EU in the OSCE / Niels van Willigen -- 10. Between effective multilateralism and multilateralism light : the EU in the G8 / Judith Huigens and Arne Niemann -- 11. Effective minilateralism : the EU'S pragmatic embracement of the G20 / Peter Debaere, Dries Lesage and Jan Orbie -- 12. Conclusion : the compatibility of internal and external reform / Edith Drieskens.
In: Routledge studies in European security and strategy
"This book investigates the extent to which the EU has defined and operationalised the notion of effective multilateralism. Reform has dominated the agenda of the EU in recent years with the adoption and implementation of the Lisbon Treaty. However, various international organisations have also been in reform mode in an attempt to adjust their structure to the changing polarity and counter criticisms about a lack of legitimacy, accountability and effectiveness. The EU and Effective Multilateralism examines the EU's intention to make multilateral settings more effective, as formulated by the European Security Strategy in December 2003. Firmly grounded in new empirical research, it provides a balanced account of the fit between internal reform (the institutional reform within the EU, notably following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty) and external reform (the institutional reform of the international reform in which the EU operates). This book will be of much interest to students of EU politics, European security, international organisations, foreign policy and IR in general."
In: The EU in UN Politics, S. 209-230
In: Samenleving en politiek: Sampol ; tijdschrift voor en democratisch socialisme, Band 13, Heft 10, S. 35-38
ISSN: 1372-0740