European Union

Barroso made the following statement (Sept. 25, 2006): "The upcoming enlargement with Bulgaria and Romania will be the last stage of enlargement allowing the reunification of Europe. There are limits to our absorption capacity." [...]

Ever Closer Union is a uniquely comprehensive and genuinely interdisciplinary introduction to the history and political development of the European Union, its institutions and key policies and the main challenges it faces in the twenty-first century. Full

Based on exhaustive research, this book explains how the European Union makes decisions in seven major policy sectors. Content: Introduction Making Sense of EU Decision-Making Institutions, Rules, Norms The Internal Market External Trade Policy The Common

The fifth postwar general election has brought around 53 percent of voters to the polls. [...] This election has proved the constitutional structure's highly negative impact on the voting system.

The European Commission's consultation on its communication policy is a landmark event. No longer can the Commission be accused of being a remote, isolate bureaucracy. Its consultation was seeking opinions on how it should engage with the wider European p

José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, clearly indicated that the fifth enlargement since 1957 might have to be the last for a long time. An "institutional settlement" must now precede any further increase in EU membership, Barroso s

Sofia and Bucharest on Tuesday (26 September) received the long awaited go-ahead from the European Commission to enter the EU as planned on 1 January 2007. But both countries need to demonstrate progress in the most problematic areas - reform of the jud

Croatia can only enter the EU when the union has a new treaty, European Commission president Barroso has said, refocusing Brussels' agenda on the "increasingly pressing" constitutional deadlock. [...]

This report describes the current status of the EU's constitutional treaty, EU enlargement, the EU's evolving foreign and defense policies, and possible implications for U.S.-EU relations.

In this book, Michael Smith examines the specific ways foreign policy cooperation has been institutionalized in the EU, the way institutional development affects cooperative outcomes in foreign policy, and how those outcomes lead to new institutional refo

In der Arbeit wird die Frage analysiert, welche Konsequenzen sich aus der Osterweiterung für die zukünftige Ausgestaltung der EU-Politiken ergeben können.

The Council of Ministers provides a comprehensive analysis of the Council: how it works, its varied activities, functions, and its relationships with the other key EU institutions and the member states.

Reporting the Balkans on its path to Europe. The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network trains journalists across the region to produce investigations and analysis designed to spark debate on European issues.

EU-Turkey negotiations have hit a wall. A solution for the Cyprus issue appear to remain out of reach. Comments by Barroso have added to the sombre mood around the upcoming progress report.

The European Commission is next month set to call upon EU leaders to launch a "major communication effort" on enlargement - but Brussels itself is struggling to find the right wording to convey the bloc's expansion more positively.

Short introduction to the CFSP.

The Eurobarometer survey, published on 10 October 2006, showed that Europeans lack basic knowledge about the European Neighbourhood Policy and EU enlargement. Only 23% of Europeans know that the EU has 25 member states, while 52% thought the EU had fewer

Croatia has said that only small institutional arrangements in the EU would be enough for the country to enter the bloc, challenging European Commission president Barroso's stance that a completely new treaty is necessary before accession.

Kosovo's leadership welcomed on Thursday the Contact Group's stated commitment to achieving a negotiated solution to the province's status issue by the end of the year. [...]