Policy-making processes and the European Constitution : a comparative study of member states and accession countries /
König, Thomas,Dr.
Hug, Simon.
London : Routledge,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-302) and index.
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  Austria: the coordination of the 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 The Netherlands: domestic preference formation on the European Constitution / Christine Arnold, Madeleine O. Hosli, Paul Pennings -- 21 Poland: the struggle for Nice / Anna Gwiazda -- 22 Portugal: quest for a new role / Spyros Blavoukos and George Pagoulatos -- 23 Slovakia: avoiding conflict to secure stability / Tobias Schulz and Martina Chabreckova -- 24 Slovenia: consensus, integration and the protection of identity / Giacomo Benedetto -- 25 Spain: preference formation and European constitution building / Raj S. Chari and Alfonso Egea-de Haro -- 26 Sweden's "third way" toward the EU constitution: promoting social policies and safeguarding neutrality / Hartmut Lenz and Han Dorussen -- 27 The United Kingdom: position taking and the protection of red lines / Giacomo Benedetto -- 28 The Commission, the Convention and the IGC: consensus and concern for its role / Christophe Crombez and Jan Lebbe -- 29 The European Parliament: consensus and co-ordination for enhanced powers / Giacomo Benedetto.
Constitutional law