SWP Research Paper Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik German Institute for International and Security Affairs Daniela Kietz and Volker Perthes (Eds.) The Potential of the Council Presidency An Analysis of Germany’s Chairmanship of the EU, 2007 RP 1 January 2008 Berlin All rights reserved. © Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, 2008 SWP Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik German Institute for International and Security Affairs Ludwigkirchplatz 3−4 10719 Berlin Germany Phone +49 30 880 07-0 Fax +49 30 880 07-100 www.swp-berlin.org
[email protected] ISSN 1863-1053 Translation by Marie McGinley, Alexandra Wagner, and Markus Wagner (English version of SWP-Studie 24/07) Table of Contents 5 Problems and Conclusions 56 Holding all the Cards. Strong German Impulses for Police Co-operation 7 The Presidency in the Council System: Daniela Kietz Functions, Scope for Manoeuvre and Room for Improvement 64 The Profile of the German Presidency in the ENP: Daniela Kietz Regulated Stimulation and Complex Bargaining Kai-Olaf Lang 19 The ‘Berlin Declaration’— Trial Run for Negotiations on the 71 Efficiency and Its Costs: Constitutional Treaty The “Strategy for a New Partnership” Daniela Schwarzer with Central Asia Andrea Schmitz 25 Pruning, Plundering and Reconstructing. Work on the Constitutional Treaty 76 The German EU-Presidency’s Russia Dossier: Andreas Maurer between Rational Interests and Neighbourhood Conflicts 32 Lisbon in Berlin and Brussels— Rainer Lindner the Lisbon Strategy under the German Presidency 82 The Council Presidency and the Middle East Peter Becker Peace Process: Limited Scope for Action, Primacy of Diplomacy 38 Between Transatlantic Integration and the Muriel Asseburg Doha Round: The German Presidency as Impulse-Giver and Impartial Broker in Trade 88 The Council Presidency and EU Relations with Policy Making Latin America: Competent Management, Little Stormy-Annika Mildner Lasting Impact Jörg Husar / Günther Maihold 44 Far-reaching Decisions in Favour of an Integrated Energy and Climate Policy 95 Scope and Limitations of the Council Presidency.