A Clingendael Working Paper European Convention on the Future of Europe: An Analysis of the Official Positions of EU Member States, Future Member States, Applicant and Candidate States by Anna Michalski and Matthias Heise April 2003 Desk top publishing: Cheryna Abdoel Wahid Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’ Clingendael 7 2597 VH The Hague Telephone: xx-31-70-3245384 Telefax: xx-31-70-3746667 P.O. Box 93080 2509 AB The Hague E-mail:
[email protected] Website: http://www.clingendael.nl © Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyrightholders. Clingendael Institute, P.O. Box 93080, 2509 AB The Hague, The Netherlands © The Clingendael Institute 3 Contents I Introduction 5 II Divergence and convergence of positions in selected thematic areas 7 1 The Nature of the Treaty and the new Union 7 2 The Institutional Dimension 8 Equality among Member States 8 National Institutional Representation 9 External Representation of the Union 10 Accountability and Legitimacy 11 3 Governance and Union Policies 12 External Affairs (CFSP and ESDP) 13 Justice and Home Affairs 15 Economic Governance 15 4 Conclusion 16 III Appendix: Survey of the Official Positions of the EU Member 19 States, Future Member States, Applicant and Candidate States 4 © The Clingendael Institute © The Clingendael Institute 5 I Introduction The aim of this working paper is to give a succinct presentation of the official positions of the governments of the European countries taking part in the Convention on the future of the EU.