European Union beyond Amsterdam

<p>Introduced with a preface by Jacques Delors, this volume offers new insights and develops generalised theories about the nature of European integration. The contributors step back from the detail of the latest intergovernmental conference and budgetary negotiations to generate conclusions of enduring value. The issues dealt with include the following:<br> * Britain and integration<br> * intergovernmental conferences<br> * the rule of law<br> * making foreign policy work<br> * the democratic deficit.</p> Contributors, Foreword, Jacques Delors, Editor’s note, 1 The book and the man, 2 The European Union’s ‘blind watchmakers’: the process of constitutional change 3 Britain and Europe: the different relationship, 4 From closed doors to European democracy: beyond the intergovernmental conferences, 5 Making European foreign policy work, 6 Flexibility, differentiation and closer cooperation: the Amsterdam provisions in the light of the Tindemans Report, 7 The rule of law, 8 For a democratic Europe, 9 Dreams come true, gradually: the Tindemans Report a quarter of a century on, 10 European federalism: opportunity or Utopia?, Index