1st Edition
The Reuniting of Europe Promises, Negotiations and Compromises
By José I. Torreblanca
Copyright 2001
376 Pages
by
Routledge
This title was first published in 2001: In 1989, central and Eastern European countries broke free form the Soviet Union and looked upon the European Community to support their 'return to Europe'. Some years later, leaders of the European Community, meeting in Copenhagen in June 1993, endorsed for the first time the membership aspirations of the recently democratized countries of Central and... Read more
Contents: Introduction. The Emergence of an Association Policy: Unclear objectives; Apparent consensus; Fragmentation. The Negotiation of the Europe Agreements: Declining enthusiasm; Collapse; Breakdown; Obstinacy. The Revision of the Agreements: Retrenchment; Promises in return for time; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
José I. Torreblanca, UNED University and Juan March Institute, Madrid.
’This is the best and most thoroughly researched study of the first phase of opening of the European Union to the new democracies in Central Eastern Europe that provides new insights into this important chapter of European development.’ Karl Kaiser, University of Bonn, Germany ’...one of the most comprehensive studies on the emergence of the EC/EU’s Europe Agreements policy towards the countries of Central and Eastern Europe...offers to the reader a clear insight into this increasingly complex and extremely sensitive field of external relations of the EC/EU. A real must for all those trying to understand what is happening at the Eastern borders of the EU.’ Professor Marc Maresceau, University of Ghent, Belgium 'This book...is interesting not only for narrow specialists: Rarely is there an opportunity to get such a close look behind the scenes of the EU...first-class source basis and the richness as to details ...makes this book recommendable'. Journal of Contemporary European Studies
