European Union after the Treaty of Amsterdam
by Jörg Monar, Wolfgang Wessels
The Treaty of Amsterdam was signed by the member states of the EU in 1997, and came into effect in 1999. The contributors to this text examine the progress made and the deficits left by the Treaty in key policy areas and in the institutional system of the EU.
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The 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam was the result of thirty months of negotiation and major political debates in all the member states of the E.U. Praised as a triumph of the possible and a breakthrough in major policy areas by some, it has also attracted widespread criticism because of the reforms it postponed and the risks of fragmentation it introduced. Whatever its merits and deficiencies, it will have a major impact on the internal development of the E.U., its role in international relations, and the process of its enlargement to the Central and Eastern European countries.
Author Biography
Professor Jörg Monar is director of the Centre of European Politics and Institutions, Univeristy of Leicester. Professor Wolfgang Wessels is Jean Monnet Professor of Political Science, University of Cologne, Germany.
Table of Contents
Part 1 The treaty of Amsterdam in the process of European integration. Part 2 Institutional and procedural reforms. Part 3 Enhanced co-operation and flexibility. Part 4 The reform of the common foreign and security policy. Part 5 The reform of EU justice and home affairs. Part 6 The European Union and its citizens. Part 7 Looking beyond - the European Union after Amsterdam.
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