The Rise and Fall of the EU’s Constitutional Treaty

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Preface List of Contributors Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction: Overview of the Constitutional Treaty Process and Main Elements of the Treaty Finn Laursen Section 1 Policy and Pillar Aspects of the Constitutional Treaty: Chapter 2: The EU Constitutional Treaty and International Trade Rafael Leal-Arcas Chapter 3: The European Economic Constitution: An Analysis of the Constitutional Treaty Ferran Brunet Chapter 4: The Reforms in the Justice and Home Affairs Domain: The end of the 'third pillar'? Jorg Monar Chapter 5: Who Speaks for Europe while we wait for the EU Foreign Minister? Per M. Norheim-Martinsen Section 2 Case Studies of National Preferences: Chapter 6: Between Cherry-Picking and Salvaging the Titanic: Spain and the Rescuing of the essence of EU Constitution Joaquin Roy Chapter 7: From Idealism to Pragmatism: Germany and the Constitutional Treaty Almut Moller Chapter 8: The French Rejection of the European Constitutional Treaty: Two-Level Games Revisited Colette Mazzucelli Chapter 9: Trimming Sails: The Dutch and the EU Constitution after the Referendum Steven Wolinetz Chapter 10: The United Kingdom and the Constitutional Treaty: Leading from within? Alasdair Blair Chapter 11: Poland and the Constitutional Treaty: A short Story about a 'square root'? Maciej Wilga Chapter 12: Denmark and the Constitutional Treaty: A Difficult Two-Level Game Finn Laursen Section 3 Roles of Presidencies and Community Actors: Chapter 13: Italy and the Treaty Establishing a European Constitution: The Decline of a Middle-Size Power? Federiga Bindi Chapter 14: The Irish Presidency: Neutrality, Skills and Effective Mediation Andreas Dur and Gemma Mateo Chapter 15: A new pragmatism - the role and impact of the European Parliament in the Constitutional Treaty negotiations Derek Beach Chapter 16: The European Commission as a Strategic Agenda Setter: The Case of the Convention on the Future of Europe and the Ensuing Ratification Crisis Edward Moxon-Browne Section 4 The Negotiation Process: Chapter 17: Producing 'Ever Closer Union'? The Rhetoric of Legitimacy and Regional Participation in the EU Constitutional Convention Janet Laible Chapter 18: The IGC 2003-4: How Constrained by Rhetorical Action? How Intergovernmental? Finn Laursen Section 5 Ratification Issues: Chapter 19: The Failed EU Constitution Referendums: The French Case in Perspective, 1992 and 2005 Francesca Vassallo Chapter 20: Constitution-Making and the Search for a European Public Sphere Chien-Yi Lu Chapter 21: Everything Shall Now Be Popular: Explaining Elite Behaviour in the Constitutional Treaty Referenda Rasmus Leander Nielsen Section 6 Perspectives And Assessments: Chapter 22: Flexible Integration and the Constitutional Treaty: An instrument with little purpose? Laura Lund Olsen Chapter 23: The Implications of the 'No' Vote in France: Making the Most of a Wasted Opportunity Marie-Luce Paris-Dobozy Chapter 24: From Treaty Bargains to a Constitutional proposal and Back Thomas Konig Chapter 25: Concluding Remarks: The Constitutional Treaty is Dead, Long live European Constitutionalism Finn Laursen Index.