Download or read book Maintaining and Improving the Institutional Capacities of the Enlarged European Union written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Institutions of the Enlarged European Union written by Edward Best and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book in addition of being remarkable academic reading contributes, on the highest scholarly level, to the furthering of our understanding of performance of the EU institutions which is essential for practitioners and researchers in the midst of the institutional crisis. Dominik Vuleti , Croatian International Relations Review . . . an impressively detailed introduction to the institutions and committees that form the core frameworks of EU activities including the EU Parliament, the European Central Bank, and the effects of EU membership expansion. The Institutions of the Enlarged European Union is very strongly recommended as an addition to governmental and university library International Studies reference collections in general, and European Union Studies supplemental reading lists in particular. Midwest Book Review The International Studies Shelf This excellent book in the series of studies on EU reform and enlargement is not as dry as it first appears. . . The contributors outline the key changes as well as patterns of continuity in the institutional policies of the EU and their research which I feel will be highly beneficial to lawyers, economists and politicians. . . I found the book to be invaluable for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of EU politics and administrative science, as well as researchers, practitioners and journalists working in the fields of European studies more widely. Phillip Taylor, The Barrister This timely, comprehensive and authoritative study provides much food for thought for European policy makers, particularly in the current situation of uncertainty about the Lisbon Treaty. The authors basically upbeat findings that, despite the arrival of twelve new member states in one big bang and one after shock, it has been pretty much business as usual for the EU s institutions will comfort both those who worried about the EU s capacity to act in the absence of institutional reform and those who argued that such reform was unnecessary. But the editors identify a number of emerging dynamics that will be of concern to all who care about the Union s democratic future: increasing formalisation of meetings and procedures on the one hand, coupled with an increase in informal, pre-cooked deals on the other; increasing primacy of the administrative over the political; and a growing trend towards presidentialisation within the institutions, with continued efficiency requiring more emphasis on the primus than on the pares . The editors conclude that, while the European Union s institutional system continues to function and might even become more efficient, the price to be paid could further distance the Union from the citizens it seeks to serve. Martin Westlake, Secretary General, European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels, Belgium This volume reports a thorough appraisal of how the EU institutions have fared since the 2004 enlargement. In essence the answer is more of the same, with no evidence of gridlock. Business has been conducted in similar ways and at similar levels of output, helped by procedural adaptation. The new member states have slotted into the existing routines of the Union. Helen Wallace, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK How have the main institutions and decision-making processes of the EU responded to the arrival of new member states? This book assesses the actual state of the EU institutions in the years after the 2004 enlargement, examining each of the main institutional actors as well as trends in legislative output, implementing measures and non-legislative approaches. The contributors outline the key changes as well as patterns of continuity in the institutional politics of the EU. The analysis finds that breakdown has been avoided by a combination of assimilation of the new member states and adaptation of the system, without any fundamental transformation of the institutions. Nonetheless, they conclude that it

Download or read book Enlargement of the European Union written by Allan F. Tatham and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2009-01-26 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of EU enlargement has raised many thorny issues unanticipated by the framers of the EC Treaty. A significant upshot of these issues is that the concept of European identity – defined in terms of such factors as culture, history and economics – has supplanted the long-dominant theme of ‘widening and deepening,’ particularly since the Union’s expansion has become primarily eastward. The major contribution of this important book lies in its analysis of the conceptualization and perception of enlargement from various points of view, focusing on the concerns of stakeholders and the ‘identity’ conflicts and uncertainties incurred by enlargement initiatives. In the course of its presentation, it details the actual pre-accession Europeanization process and its complex history. Among the key elements discussed are the following: the conflict between ‘widening’ and ‘deepening’ and the effect on EU institutional reform; institutional requirements on candidate countries; pre-accession criteria and negotiations; administrative capacity, judicial capacity, and legal approximation in accession states; capacity of the EU to absorb new Member States; and EC law as part of European identity. Also covered are specific historical details of particular pre-accession negotiations (e.g., Greece, Spain, Portugal, Malta, and Cyprus), the still inconclusive negotiations with Turkey and the Western Balkan states, and political factors involved in the non-accession of Norway, Iceland and Switzerland. Assembling powerful evidence and applying incisive analysis, the author’s conclusion shows that, absent further (and major) EU institutional reform, it will be difficult for an enlarging Union to continue to ‘deliver the goods.’ A watershed in the continuing great debate on the fulfilment of the EC Treaty’s determination to foster and promote ‘an ever closer union of the peoples of Europe,’ this book will prove invaluable to anybody interested in the European integration project, particularly lawyers, academics, officials and policymakers in the EU Member States.

Download or read book The European Union Integration and Enlargement written by R. Daniel Kelemen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores one of the central challenges facing the EU today – how to reconcile enlargement with the pursuit of a stronger and more effective European Union. While the relationship between widening and deepening has been recognized for years as one of the big questions in the field of European integration, existing theoretical and empirical analyses of this relationship suffer from a variety of shortcomings. This book brings together a group of EU scholars who significantly advance our understanding of the relationship between widening and deepening. The contributors challenge a variety of ‘common wisdoms’ concerning the relationship between widening and deepening and offer nuanced theoretical and empirical analysis of the relationship between these two vital dimensions of European integration. Collectively, the contributors to this volume offer the most comprehensive picture available to date of the multi-faceted relationship between widening and deepening. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.

Download or read book European Union Enlargement and Integration Capacity written by Tanja Börzel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effects of the Eastern enlargement, the biggest so far, are still felt across the European Union (EU). Many warned the EU was about to overreach the limits of its integration capacity. More than a decade later, this book presents a broad-based and systematic evaluation of the 2004–2007’s enlargement and its impact on the EU. In contrast to widespread scepticism, our results show that the EU’s integration capacity has been strong. Credible accession conditionality and pre-accession assistance have had a positive impact on democracy, governance capacity, and economic transformation, at least before accession. After accession, EU institutions have proven resilient. Eastern enlargement has not affected negatively the legislative capacity of the EU. It has not led to a deterioration of compliance and implementation of EU law either; initial differentiated integration has quickly returned to normal levels. This generally positive assessment stands in stark contrast with increasing public opposition to future EU enlargements. We identify some less known sources of such opposition: the lack of communication and political debate about enlargement between EU leaders and their citizens. Public opposition undermines the credibility of EU conditionality, which is crucial for having a positive impact on neighbouring countries in the future. The chapters in this book originally appeared in a special issue in the Journal of European Public Policy.

Download or read book The Enlargement of the European Union written by Victoria Curzon Price and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume looks at the process of enlargment which the European Union is currently undertaking, focusing on both the economic and political dimensions of the subject. The volume examines how enlargment has evolved and looks at the roles and relations of the different actors - member states, applicant states and EU institutions. With contributors coming from different disciplinary backgrounds, the volume offers an unusually rich array of perspectives on one of the most significant political developments of recent years.

Download or read book Health Policy and European Union Enlargement written by Mckee and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there may be consensus on the broader issues of the core objectives of the health care system, expectations differ between EU countries, and European national policy-makers. This book seeks firstly to assess the impact of the enlargement process and then to analyse the challenges that lie ahead in the field of health and health policy.

Download or read book The Institutions of the Enlarged European Union written by Edward Best and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Five Years of an Enlarged EU written by Filip Keereman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-07-23 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fifth Enlargement that took place in 2004 and 2007 was a milestone in the history of the European Union. Not only because of the large number of acceding countries but also because of their recent political and economic experience. Ten of them had undergone a profound transition from a totalitarian regime to democracy, and from a centrally planned economy to a market-based system. Most of them had income levels signi?cantly below those of the then EU-15. Now, 6 years later, we can clearly see that the process of European integration, both before and after 2004, was what enabled Europe to overcome the gaps between various parts of the continent. The enlargement made Europe a better and wealthier place and streng- ened its position in the world. Integration into the European Union has always been one of the strongest incentives for reform in the new Member States. Particularly important in my view have been the development of ?nancial markets through foreign direct investment and capital in?ows, and the opening of labour markets – which was a two-way phenomenon, with markets being opened up in acceding as well as the incumbent Member States. The Fifth Enlargement was thus an exercise of glo- lisation in miniature, a practice run for the Union to tackle the challenges of the ever smaller world.

Download or read book The European Union in the Wake of Eastern Enlargement written by Amy Verdun and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-20 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What will happen to the EU in the wake of enlargement? What are the institutional and policy-making changes in light of enlargement? This text deals with the theoretical, conceptual and historical processes that led to European Union enlargement.

Download or read book Assuring the Quality of Health Care in the European Union written by Helena Legido-Quigley and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2008 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People have always travelled within Europe for work and leisure, although never before with the current intensity. Now, however, they are travelling for many other reasons, including the quest for key services such as health care. Whatever the reason for travelling, one question they ask is "If I fall ill, will the health care I receive be of a high standard?" This book examines, for the first time, the systems that have been put in place in all of the European Union's 27 Member States. The picture it paints is mixed. Some have well developed systems, setting standards based on the best available evidence, monitoring the care provided, and taking action where it falls short. Others need to overcome significant obstacles.

Download or read book The Enlarged European Union written by Peter Mair and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing upon the emerging patterns of unity and diversity in the enlarged European Union, this study explores enlargement from the East and the impact this will have on the future identity of Europe.

Download or read book Europe as Empire written by Jan Zielonka and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-04-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to comprehend the evolving nature of the European Union following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the failure of the European Constitution. Its prime focus is the last wave of enlargement that has profoundly transformed the EU. Although there are many parallels between the European integration process and state building processes, the Union is nothing like a Westphalian super state. The new emerging polity resembles a kind of neo-medieval empire with a polycentric system of government, multiple and overlapping jurisdictions, striking cultural and economic heterogeneity, fuzzy borders, and divided sovereignty. The book tries to spell out the origin, the shape, and the implications of this empire. The aim of this book is to suggest a novel way of thinking about the European Union and the process of European integration. The book shows 'two Europes' coming together following the end of the cold war. It proposes a system of economic and democratic governance that meets the ever greater challenges of modernization, interdependence, and globalization. It identifies the most plausible scenario of promoting peaceful change in Europe and beyond. The author argues that mainstream thinking about European integration is based on mistaken statist assumptions and suggests more effective and legitimate ways of governing Europe than through adoption of a European Constitution, creation of a European army, or introduction of a European social model. The book covers many fields from politics, and economics to foreign affairs and security. It analyzes developments in both Eastern and Western Europe. It also gives ample room to both theoretical and empirical considerations.

Download or read book Improving Policy Implementation in an Enlarged European Union written by Phedon Nicolaides and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Enlargement of the European Union written by Académie de droit européen (Firenze) and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays reflects on the fifth enlargement of the European Union, projected to take place in 2004. It examines the process of enlargement, its impact on both the candidate States and on the institutions and policies of the European Union. In so doing, it discusses these issues from a variety of perspectives - legal, economic and political - reflecting the different dimensions of the enlargement project.

Download or read book Fit for 35 written by Sergio Fabbrini and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a long period of absence, enlargement is back on the EU’s agenda. Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, it took only days for Ukraine to file its application to become member of the EU. All of a sudden, the EU is not only facing a brutal war in its immediate neighbourhood but also the prospect of being substantially transformed as we may be looking at a Union of no less than 35 members in the years to come. Some would argue that this will take a very long time and there is therefore little need to dive into discussions about how the EU should operate, once it has grown. Others refer to the notion of ‘absorption capacity’ and emphasise that unless the EU changes its own policies, budget, decision-making rules and institutional set-up there is a risk that it will simply stop working following enlargement. The aim of this volume is to provide scholarly perspectives on how the EU should – or should not – change in order to enlarge further. In the first chapter, Göran von Sydow and Valentin Kreilinger set the scene by explaining what they mean by ‘Fit for 35’ and why we should care about reforming EU politics and institutions for an enlarged Union. They raise crosscutting issues that are particularly relevant to the volume and contextualise the topic within the current political and academic debate and the evolution of European integration.The second chapter, by Frank Schimmelfennig, begins by pointing out that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put enlargement back at the top of the EU agenda, and that this has confronted the EU with a dilemma. Whereas the geopolitical situation creates the need to accelerate the accession process, neither the EU nor the candidate countries are sufficiently prepared. Schimmelfennig proposes that differentiated integration would help to resolve the dilemma. Differentiated integration would facilitate the enlargement process by initially excluding new member states from those policy areas that would be most negatively affected by the expansion of the membership. It would give the EU and the new member states additional time and incentives for reform without blocking enlargement. The chapter reviews the rationale and record of differentiated integration in EU enlargement and claims that differentiated accession is established practice and would likely be more pronounced and durable in any future enlargement. Schimmelfennig further discusses and elaborates existing proposals for ‘staged accession’ and considers potential pitfalls and objections to differentiated enlargement. He concludes that differentiated membership is more likely to be feasible and acceptable to both members and candidates than quick institutional reforms.8 Fit for 35? Reforming the Politics and Institutions of the EU for an Enlarged Union SIEPS 2023:2opThe volume continues with an essay by Yves Mény (chapter 3). According to Mény, the EU is again confronted with a crucial but not new dilemma: growing to limits in order to address the demands of the states which are not yet members of the European club or taking the risk to rock the boat by being unable to adapt means to goals and ambitions. This chapter explores the dilemma and discusses the possible options which could reconcile ambition and realism, in other words enlarging and deepening at the same time. Mény shows some skepticism about the desire and capacity of the 27 present member states to adapt given the heterogeneity of visions and interests among them. All possible options have already been aired and debated. What is lacking is the political will on the part of the individual states taken as a political community. It is as if the member states were renouncing the exercise of their collective capacity unless forced to do so by circumstances and historical developments.The fourth chapter, by Sonja Puntscher Riekmann, turns to the aim of ‘fitness’ and the goals of the EU. Fitness, in terms of a political community is a variable dependent on purpose. This truism applies to the European Union as much as to all polities. While enlarging the Union in Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans is a tall order that would considerably increase its territorial and demographic size as much as its socio-economic and cultural diversity, the debate about ‘what are we together for?’ is far from concluded. Russia’s war against Ukraine accentuates the need to discuss what European elites have in mind when they convey ideas of ‘sovereign Europe’ (Macron/Scholz), of ‘a geopolitical Commission’ (von der Leyen) or of ‘speaking the language of power’ (Borrell). With democracy being one fundamental value of the Union, such discourse needs to draw on citizens’ views on the future of the Union. Puntscher Riekmann argues that citizens’ expectations about security and prosperity as European public goods run high, while the foresight capacity and strategic thinking of elites leaves much to be desired. However, the Union has difficulties even in developing a shared definition of problems and crises. Indeed, definitions often emerge from an ad hoc and cumbersome search for compromise between divergent national interpretations and interests. Further enlargement will also add complexity regarding the daunting geopolitical challenges Europe faces. Hence Puntscher Riekmann concludes that if sovereignty is to become a meaningful concept in EU affairs, it needs clarification as to the nature of the sovereign, the tools by which that sovereignty is to be exercised, and citizens’ support. For that matter, treaty reform before enlargement is a worthwhile risk to take.In the next contribution (chapter 5), Tanja Börzel takes a critical perspective on treaty reform and argues that it would not make the EU fit for enlargement. Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine has boosted demands for the deepening of European integration. Institutional reforms are deemed indispensable to prepare the EU for the accession of the Western Balkans and Ukraine as well as SIEPS 2023:2op Fit for 35? Reforming the Politics and Institutions of the EU for an Enlarged Union 9to build the EU’s strategic autonomy in security and defence. But irrespective of the degree of pooling and delegation of national sovereignty deemed necessary to make the EU fit for 35 members, changing the treaties would take time. Member states not only have to agree on reforms, they also have to ratify them, which entails a popular referendum in some cases. Börzel points out that amid weak public support for enlargement, seeking to deepen the EU could weaken, rather than strengthen, the EU’s capacity to widen. According to her, the key challenge for the EU is to find a way to balance rule of law conditionality against the credibility of accession and geopolitical pressures.In the sixth chapter, Sergio Fabbrini challenges the view (shared by scholars and politicians) that the EU is not a political system, but rather the contingent outcome of an evolving process that will lead to the aggregation, although differentiated, of all the states of the European continent. This view has outlived the crises of the last fifteen years (Brexit among them) and has been further strengthened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the related pressure to enlarge the EU to that country, to Moldova and possibly Georgia, as well as to the six countries of the Western Balkans. The EU, Fabbrini argues, is indeed a political system; one with a dual governance structure, supranational and intergovernmental. The entry of core state powers onto the EU agenda with Maastricht and the enlargements of the 1990s and 2000s has dramatically strengthened the latter to the detriment of the former. Those processes in fact triggered divisions on the role of national sovereignty that only the European Council could manage, bending the EU in direction of an international organization. Is this development coherent with the promise of an ‘ever closer union’? Further enlargement would require a change of paradigm, from a multi-speed EU to a multi-tier Europe, making thus Europe fit for herself.In the final chapter Göran von Sydow and Valentin Kreilinger try to connect the dots by means of some concluding remarks. They look backwards to the 1990s and forwards to the remainder of this decade, for indications of what the problems are – and the opportunities for solving them.These contributions provide different perspectives and make different prescriptions about if and how the EU should change. While many point to the difficulty of a Union of 27 engaging in tiring discussions about internal issues and burdensome negotiations about, for instance, treaty change, others argue that in order for the EU to function such reflections are necessary. In this volume there are no common conclusions. Instead, the authors provide distinct and thoughtful perspectives on what could well be a defining process for the EU.

Download or read book Enlargement of the European Union written by European Commission. Directorate General for Enlargement and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: