Table of Contents
List of tables
List of figures
About the authors
List of abbreviations
INTRODUCTION
Policy--making Processes and the European Constitution:
A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries
Thomas König and Simon Hug
1 The European Convention and the Rome and Brussels IGCs:
A Veto Players Analysis
George Tsebelis
2 The European Convention: Consensus without Unity?
Thomas König, Andreas Warntjen, Simone Burkhart
3 The Coordination of Austria’s National Position regarding the Constitution
Christine Arnold and Annemieke Burmeister
4 Belgium, the Convention and the IGC: Consensus and Coalition Politics
Christophe Crombez and Jan Lebbe
5 Cyprus: Under the Shadow of the Inter--Communal Conflict
Spyros Blavoukos and George Pagoulatos
6 The Czech Republic: Sitting on the Fence
Tobias Schulz and Martina Chabreckova
7 Denmark: The Nordic Model as an Effort to Bridge Elite Euro--Optimism
and Popular Euro--Skepticism
Hartmut Lenz and Han Dorussen
8 Estonia: A Single Voice in Europe’s Intergovernmental Bargaining
Daniel Finke
9 Finland: Centralized Consensus on EU Constitution Building
Daniel Finke and Thomas König
10 France: The President takes all
Tobias Schulz
11 Germany: The Promoter of European Integration?
Stephanie Daimer and Thomas König
12 Greece: Overcoming Negative Stereotyping
George Pagoulatos and Spyros Blavoukos
13 Hungary: United in Support, Divided by Borders
Anna Gwiazda and Kenneth Benoit
14 Ireland: Pragmatism and the EU Constitution
Anna Gwiazda
15 Italy: The Presidency at Work?
Tobias Schulz
16 Latvia and the EU Constitution: A Pragmatic "Yes"
Stephanie Daimer
17 Lithuania: A Priority for Europe
Stephanie Daimer
18 Luxembourg, the Convention and the IGC: Consensus and Concern
for Its Economy
Christophe Crombez and Jan Lebbe
19 Malta: the Importance of Being Unimportant
Spyros Blavoukos
20 Domestic Preference Formation in the Netherlands on the European
Constitution
Christine Arnold, Madeleine O. Hosli, Paul Pennings
21 Poland: the Struggle for Nice
Anna Gwiazda
22 Portugal: in Quest for a New Role
Spyros Blavoukos and George Pagoulatos
23 Slovakia: Avoiding Conflict to Secure Stability
Tobias Schulz and Martina Chabreckova
24 Position Taking and Coordination Processes of the Government of the
Republic of Slovenia
Giacomo Benedetto
25 Preference Formation and European Constitution--Building: The Spanish
Perspective
Raj S. Chari and Alfonso Egea--de Haro
26 The "Third Way" of Sweden Towards the European Constitution:
Promoting Social Policies and Safeguarding Neutrality
Hartmut Lenz and Han Dorussen
27 Position Taking and Coordination Processes of the Government of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Giacomo Benedetto
28 The Commission, the Convention and the IGC: Consensus and Concern
for Its Role
Christophe Crombez and Jan Lebbe
29 Position Taking and Coordination Processes of the European Parliament
Giacomo Benedetto
30 Conclusion
Simon Hug and Thomas König
ANNEX: The Measure of Adapted Coherence for the Evaluation of Experts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Official Documents, Databases, Press Sources
INDEX