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Successive enlargements of the EU have constituted major events in the history of European integration. They affect the Union's institutions, policies and policy-making processes and, because of the impact of these changes, enlargements have often been controversial. The major enlargement in 2004, which took the EU from 15 to 25 member countries, was followed by Romanian and Bulgarian membership in 2007 and Croatian membership in 2013

Transatlantic economic relations remain extremely important for the European Union as well as for other countries in the world. When it comes to trade and foreign direct investment, the EU and the United States remain arguably the world's most powerful actors, despite the financial crisis which started in the United States in 2007 and subsequently spread to Europe and to the Eurozone in particular. This crisis has created great economic strain on both Europe and North America, with politicians trying to muddle through and disagreeing on which strategy to adopt. The dominance of the Atlantic co

This book has chapters on all the treaties establishing the European Communities in the 1950s as well as subsequent treaties reforming these community treaties (Merger Treaty, Budget Treaties, and the Single European Act) followed by chapters on the Maastricht Treaty establishing the European Union in 1993 and subsequent amendments thereof through the Amsterdam, Nice and Lisbon treaties. The authors are all established and well-known scholars of European integration. The book thus traces the 'constitutional' foundation of the European Union (EU) over time and analyses these development from a comparative perspective: who were the main actors, what were their preferences and which institutions did they design to deal with common problems and challenges? Despite the rejection of the proposed Constitutional Treaty in referendums in France and the Netherlands in 2005 the 'constitutionalization' of the EU has continued. The book tries to answer both the 'how' and 'why' questions of this fascinating process.

Part I. Introduction: the Lisbon Treaty: the treaty-making process -- Part II. The role of Germany -- Part III. The roles of other big member states -- Part IV. The roles of new and small member states -- Part V. The Irish referendum -- Part VI. Conclusions: the making of the Lisbon Treaty: national preferences, inter-state bargaining and theoretical debates

Preliminary Material /Finn Laursen -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Overview of the Constitutional Treaty and Main Elements of the Treaty /Finn Laursen -- Chapter 2. The Eu Constitutional Treaty and International Trade /Rafael Leal-Arcas -- Chapter 3. The European Economic Constitution: an Analysis of the Constitutional Treaty /Ferran Brunet -- Chapter 4. The Reforms in the Justice and Home Affairs Domain: the End of the 'Third Pillar'? /Jörg Monar -- Chapter 5. Who Speaks for Europe While We Wait for the Eu Foreign Minister? /Per M. Norheim-Martinsen -- Chapter 6. Between Cherry-picking and Salvaging the Titanic: Spain and the Rescuing of the Essence of the Eu Constitution /Joaquín Roy -- Chapter 7. From Idealism to Pragmatism: Germany and the Constitutional Treaty /Almut Möller -- Chapter 8. The French Rejection of the European Constitutional Treaty: Two-level Games Perspective /Colette Mazzucelli -- Chapter 9. Trimming the Sails:the Dutch and the Eu Constitution after the Referendum /Steven B. Wolinetz -- Chapter 10. The United Kingdom and the Constitutional Treaty: Leading from within? /Alasdair Blair -- Chapter 11. Poland and the Constitutional Treaty: a Short Story about a 'Square Root'? /Maciej Wilga -- Chapter 12. Denmark and the Constitutional Treaty: a Difficult Two-level Game /Finn Laursen -- Chapter 13. Italy and the Treaty Establishing a European Constitution: the Decline of a Middle-size Power? /Federiga Bindi -- Chapter 14. The Irish Presidency:n Eutrality, Skills and Effective Mediation? /Andreas Dür and Gemma Mateo -- Chapter 15. A New Pragmatism: the Role and Impact of the European Parliament in the Constitutional Treaty Negotiations /Derek Beach -- Chapter 16. The European Commission as a Strategic Agenda Setter: the Case of the Convention on the Future of Europe and the Ensuing Ratification Crisis /Edward Moxon-Browne -- Chapter 17. Producing 'Ever Closer Union'? the Rhetoric of Legitimacy and Regional Participation in the Eu Constitutional Convention /Janet Laible -- Chapter 18. The Igc 2003-4: How Constrained by Rhetorical Action? How Intergovernmental? /Finn Laursen -- Chapter 19. The Failed Eu Constitution Referendums: the French Case in Perspective, 1992 and 2005 /Francesca Vassallo -- Chapter 20. Constitution-making and the Search for a European Public Sphere /Chien-Yi Lu -- Chapter 21. Everything Shall Now Be Popular: Explaining Elite Behaviour in the Constitutional Treaty Referenda /Rasmus Leander Nielsen -- Chapter 22. Flexible Integration and the Constitutional Treaty: an Instrument with Little Purpose? /Laura Lund Olsen -- Chapter 23. The Implications of the 'No' Vote in France: Making the Most of a Wasted Opportunity /Marie-Luce Paris-Dobozy -- Chapter 24. From Treaty Bargains to a Constitutional Proposal and Back /Thomas König -- Chapter 25. Concluding Remarks: the Constitutional Treaty Is Dead, Long Live European Constitutionalism /Finn Laursen -- Index /Finn Laursen.