Accession Story, The: Eu From 15 To 25 Countries, The

Description:
This book is a useful tool to anyone who is interested in the enlargement of the E.U., to the citizens of the ten acceded countries who would like to know how they managed to accede and also to officials of the new candidate countries, who are preparing their country for accession. The 'Accession Story' provides a unique overview of the enlargement of the E.U. from 15 to 25 countries. It consists of two main parts. In the first part the then Director General of D.G. Enlargement, Mr. Eneko Landaburu, and Denmark's Permanent Representative in the E.U., Ambassador Poul Christoffersen, provides a comprehensive picture of the enlargement process from the beginning to the end, from the Brussels' point of view. The second part, written by the ten people responsible for negotiating the accession of their countries, presents the challenges, problems and difficulties each one of the ten countries had to overcome, in order to succeed to adopt the acquis communautaire and be accepted into the E.U.

Review:
the impressive team of contributors have served up a rich set of ingredients and hence provide an abundance of raw material for future conceptualization. Scholars not just of EU enlargement, but of the European Union more broadly, not only need to find space on their crowded shelves for The Accession Story, they need to read it. T. Haughton, European Research Institute, University of Birmingham

Table of Contents:
PART I - THE ENLARGEMENT FROM 15 TO 25 THE BRUSSEL'S VIEW; 1. The Need for Enlargement and Differences from Previous Accessions; 2. The Preparation of the 5th Enlargement; 3. Organisation of the Process and Beginning of the Negotiations; 4. From Helsinki to Seville July 1999 - June 2002; 5. The Danish Presidency - Conclusion of the Negotiations; 6. Financing the Enlargement; 7. The Public's Attitude to Enlargement; PART II - THE TEN COUNTRIES STORY; 8. The Accession of Cyprus to the EU; 9. The Accession of the Czech Republic to the EU; 10. The Accession of Estonia to the EU; 11. The Accession of Hungary to the EU; 12. The Accession of Latvia to the EU; 13. The Accesion of Lithuania to the EU; 14. The Accession of Malta to the EU; 15. The Accession of Poland to the EU; 16. The Accession of the Slovak Republic to the EU; 17. The Accession of Slovenia to the EU; Index