Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Overview of the Intergovernmental Conference 2000 and the Treaty of Nice Finn Laursen NATIONAL PREFERENCE FORMATION Chapter 2: Austria: Between Size and Sanctions Kathrin Blanck Chapter 3: Belgium: More Catholic than the Pope? Bart Kerremans Chapter 4: Denmark: The Battle to Avoid a Referendum Finn Laursen Chapter 5: Germany: A Story of Saving Face Christian Engel Chapter 6: Finland: "We Have to Live With This Result" Esko Antola Chapter 7: France: Presidency Roles and National Interests Adriaan Schout and Sophie Vanhoonacker Chapter 8: Greece: Continuity and Change Panos Tsakaloyannis and Spyros Blavoukos Chapter 9: Ireland: A Tale of Two Referenda Ben Tonra Chapter 10: Italy: When Individual Actors Make the Difference Federiga Bindi Chapter 11: Luxembourg: Balancing EU and National Interests Nicolas Mackel Chapter 12: The Netherlands: From Principles to Pragmatism Sander Luitwieler and Alfred Pijpers Chapter 13: Portugal: The Fight Against the 'Big' Ones Ana Maria Guerra Martins Chapter 14: Spain: The Need to Sell a Victory Felipe Basabe Llorens Chapter 15: Sweden: In the Shadow of Enlargement? Christer Karlsson and Anna-Carin Svensson Chapter 16: United Kingdom: New Approach and New Influence? Henrik Larsen Chapter 17: Poland and the Other Candidate Countries: Influencing the Treaty from the Sidelines Maciej Wilga INSTITUTIONAL ACTORS Chapter 18: The European Parliament and the European Commission: 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' Christine Neuhold Chapter 19: The European Commission and Council Secretariat: How They Gained Some Influence Derek Beach INTERSTATE BARGAINING Chapter 20: Re-weighting of Votes and Composition of Commission: When Size Matters Finn Laursen Chapter 21: Qualified Majority Voting: A Joint but Failed Search for Efficiency Building Andreas Maurer Chapter 22: Enhanced Cooperation: Lowering the Restrictions - And Creating the Basis of a Hard Core? Laura Lund Olsen THE PARALLEL PROCESSES Chapter 23: European Security and Defence Policy: Coming of Age? Sten Rynning Chapter 24: The Charter of Fundamental Rights: Novel Method on the Way to the Nice Treaty Cristina Pineda Polo and Monica den Boer CONCLUSIONS Chapter 25: Explaining the Treaty of Nice: Beyond Liberal Intergovernmentalism? Finn Laursen Chapter 26: The Post-Nice Agenda: Towards a New 'Constitutional' Treaty?