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EU Enlargement, A Legal Approach, edited by Christophe Hillion

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EU Enlargement

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edited by Christophe Hillion

ProQuest Ebook CentralEssays in European law

A Legal Approach

The enlargement of the European Union to embrace Central, Eastern and Southern Europe is usually analysed from political and economic points of view. The current process also has legal implications which this edited collection aims to explore. Written by scholars and officials from the enlarged EU, the contributions look at the conditions and modalities of accession and at the impact of enlargement on EU institutions and policies. This volume is a useful reference for anyone interested in enlargement as such but it also provides a valuable background to the current constitutional reform of the EU

Half Title Page; Title Page; Title verso; Foreword; Contents; List of Contributors; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Introduction; 1. The Copenhagen Criteria and their Progeny; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE COPENHAGEN CRITERIA: 'PLUS C A CHANGE...'; III. THE COPENHAGEN CRITERIA: A GRADUAL 'CONSTITUTIONALISATION' OF ACCESSION CONDITIONS; IV. 'CATCH ME IF YOU CAN': THE CONTINUOUS ADJUSTMENT OF THE OBLIGATIONS DERIVED FROM THE COPENHAGEN CRITERIA; V. CONCLUSIONS; 2. Reforming the Union's Institutional Framework: A New EU Obligation?; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PRESIDENCY CONCLUSIONS AND BEYONDIII. THE TREATY OF AMSTERDAMIV. TOWARDS NICE AND BEYOND; V. CONCLUSION; 3. The Impact of Enlargement on the Union's Institutions; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT; III. THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL; IV. THE COMMISSION; V. CONCLUSION; 4. Referendums in the CEE Candidate Countries: Implications for the EU Treaty Amendment Procedure; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CEE CONSTITUTIONS: 'SOUVERAINIST' CHARACTER AND COMPLEX AMENDMENT PROCEDURES; III. REFERENDUMS: PROCEDURAL AND PRACTICAL COMPLICATIONS; VI. REVISION OF THE TREATIES' AMENDMENT PROCEDUREV. THE IMPACT OF REFERENDUMS ON CEE POSITIONS IN THE CONVENTIONVI. CONCLUSION; 5. The Accession Treaty and its Transitional Arrangements: A Twilight Zone for the New Memberes of the Union; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS; III. CONCLUSIONS; 6. A Spectre is Hauting Europe...Free Movement of Persons and the Eastern Enlargement; I. INTRODUCTION; II. LIMITING BENEFIT MIGRATION TOWARDS WESTERN STATES; III. INSULATING THE NATIONAL LABOUR MARKETS; IV. SOCIAL DUMPING AND REGULATORY COMPETITION; V. CONCLUSIONS; 7. The Financial and Budgetary Impact of Enlargement and AccessionI. INTRODUCTIONII. AGENDA 2000 AND THE BERLIN FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK; III. THE ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS; IV. AN ANALYSIS OF THE FINAL OUTCOME; V. CONCLUSION; 8. The Impact of Accession on the Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure of the New Member States; I. INTRODUCTION; II. HUMAN RIGHTS PROVISIONS; III. 'GET TOUGH ON CRIME' PROVISIONS; IV. PROVISIONS RELATING TO MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND JUDICIAL COOPERATION; V. CONCLUSIONS; 9. EU Enlargement and EU Common Strategies on Russia and Ukraine. An Ambiguous but Yet Unavoidable Connection; I. BACKGROUNDII. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH RUSSIA AND UKRAINEFinal Remarks; Index