The European Union can be perceived as an enormous bilateral and multilateral process of internal and external negotiation. This book examines negotiations within member states, between member states, within and between the institutions of the Union and between the EU and other countries.

The EU as the Epitome of a Negotiating Process; F.Cede The EU as a Negotiations Arena. Diplomats, Experts and PAM Professionals; R.van Schendelen What Happens at Home - Negotiating EU Policy at the Domestic Level; M.van Keulen The Role of the Member States in the European Union; P.J. Langenberg EU Institutions and IGC Negotiations: How the EU Negotiation Process Affects Institutions' Ability to Gain Influence in IGCs; D.Beach What Kind of Negotiation does 'Consensus Decision-Making' Involve?; D.Heisenberg Negotiation and Mediation in the EU Council of Ministers; O.Elgström Member States Operating in the EU Council of Ministers, Inside Impressions; L.J.Bal The European Council under Construction: EU Top Level Decision Making at the beginning of a New Century; P.C.J. van Grinsven Cookbook of the Presidency of the European Union; A.Guggenbühl Negotiating the Enlargement; A.Landau European Union Negotiation; P.Meerts

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