Introduction: France and the EU: from opportunity to constraint1

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1 For comments on earlier versions of this introduction, I am grateful to Ben Clift, Craig Parsons and Cornelia Woll. All remaining errors are, of course, mine. For his collaboration on the whole issue, I am indebted to Craig Parsons. I also want to thank the Editor and all the referees. Finally, a preparatory workshop was organized in Paris in June 2006, thanks to the financial support of Sciences Po and the logistical support of CEVIPOF. 2 A similar point is made by Goldstein and Martin concerning negotiations at the WTO (Goldstein and Martin 2000 Goldstein, J. and Martin, L. 2000. Legalization, trade liberalization and domestic politics: a cautionary note. International Organization, 54(3): 603–32. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). 3 The only previous event that generated comparable public attention was probably the European Defence Community in 1954 (Parsons 2003 Parsons, C. 2003. A Certain Idea of Europe, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. [Google Scholar]: 68ff.).