Thinking Enlarged. The Accession Countries and the Future of the European Union
Martin Brusis, Janis A. Emmanouilidis (eds.)
Band 7 der Münchner Beiträge zur Europäischen Einigung herausgegeben von Werner Weidenfeld
Europa Union Verlag, ISBN 3-7713-0610-8, Bonn 10/2002
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This volume represents a substantial effort to involve the accession
countries in the debate on the future of the European Union. Hitherto,
the citizens and public in accession countries have been mainly
concerned with the when and how of enlargement, framing the future of
the European Union as an issue of interest mainly for the current 15
member states. The present volume contributes to increasing the
knowledge base in the accession countries, but also on the applicants,
on the kind of new EU members they are likely to become in an enlarged
EU.
The
authors analyse the institutional system of the EU from the viewpoint
of accession countries, developing arguments on contentious issues of
the current debate - finalité, delimitation of competences, role of
national parliaments, reform of the Council. Important EU policies -
Common Foreign and Security Policy, Justice and Home Affairs, fiscal
constitution, Common Agricultural and Cohesion Policy - are
investigated with respect to accession country interests. Articles
dealing with the perception of Enhanced Co-operation and the Nice
Treaty Reform in accession countries give an insight into emerging EU
policy approaches of the future new member states.