in co-operation with The Trans European Policy Studies Association Centre International de Formation Européenne EU-25 WATCH No. 1 December 2004 Edited by the Institut für Europäische Politik, Berlin in collaboration with the Austrian Institute of International Affairs, Vienna Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Européennes Robert Schuman, Luxembourg Centre of International Relations, Ljubljana Cyprus Institute for Mediterranean, European and International Studies, Nicosia Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen Elcano Royal Institute, Madrid EuroCollege, University of Tartu Federal Trust for Education and Research, London Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki Foundation for European Studies, European Institute, Lodz Greek Centre of European Studies and Research, Athens Groupe d’Etudes Politiques Européennes, Brussels Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest Institute for Strategic and International Studies, Lisbon Institut Francais des Perspectives Européennes, Paris Institute of European Affairs, Dublin Institute of International Relations, Prague Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Riga Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’, The Hague Slovak Foreign Policy Association, Bratislava Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm and the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA), Brussels Institut für Europäische Politik, Bundesallee 22, D-10717 Berlin Tel.: +49/30/88.91.34-0, Fax: +49/30/88.91.34-99 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.iep-berlin.de ISSN 1860-1936 EU-25 Watch | On the Project On the Project The enlarged EU of 25 members is in a process of reshaping its constitutional and political order and at the same time of expanding its membership and taking on new obligations in international politics. This project sheds light on key issues and challenges of European integration. “EU-25 Watch” informs about debates in the EU member states including the following aspects: • Ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe; • Policy-making under the Nice Treaty provisions and in the perspective of the EU Constitution; • Formation of post-enlargement agenda of the EU-25; • Positions of old and new members on the next financial framework and policy reform (Agenda 2007); • Coalition building in the enlarged EU; • Next rounds of enlargement and European neighbourhood policy. T.E.P.S.A. and other partner institutes in the 25 EU member states of the European Union conduct this regular stock-taking in order to monitor the main features and problems of deepening and widening the enlarged EU. Contributors to this issue are: Austria: Doris Zeibig, Austrian Institute of International Affairs, Vienna; Belgium: Mieke Vandeperre, Groupe d’Etudes Politiques Européennes, Brussels; Cyprus: Giorgos Kentas, Costas Melakopides, Cyprus Institute for Mediterranean, European and International Studies, Nicosia; Czech Republic: Petr Kratochvíl, Petr Pavlík, Institute of International Relations, Prague; Denmark: Jess Pilegaard, Catharina Sørensen, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen; Estonia: Piret Ehin, EuroCollege, University of Tartu; Finland: Jukka-Pekka Strand, Kristi Raik, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki; Germany: Barbara Lippert, Saskia Matl, Katrin Pecker, Institut für Europäische Politik, Berlin; Greece: Anthony D. Papayannides, Greek Centre of European Studies and Research, Athens; Hungary: Gábor Lakatos, Krisztina Vida, Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest; Ireland: Jill Donoghue, Institute of European Affairs, Dublin; Italy: Flavia Zanon, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome; Latvia: Dzintra Bungs, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Riga; Lithuania: Dovile Jakniunaite, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University; Luxembourg: Jean-Marie Majerus, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Européennes Robert Schuman, Luxembourg; Malta: Stephen C. Calleya, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta; Netherlands: Hinke Pietersma, Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’, The Hague; Poland: Celina Blaszczyk, Anna Jedrzejewska, Marek Kozak, Rafal Trzaskowski, Przemysław Zurawski vel Grajewski, Foundation for European Studies, European Institute, Lodz; Portugal: Pedro Courela, Institute for Strategic and International Studies, Lisbon; Slovakia: Aneta Antušová, Vladimír Bilcik, Slovak Foreign Policy Association, Bratislava; Slovenia: Ana Bojinović, Petra Roter, Centre of International Relations, University of Ljubljana; Spain: José I. Torreblanca, Alicia Sorozza Blanco, Elcano Royal Institute, Madrid; Sweden: Rikard Bengtsson, Malmö University/ Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm; UK: Jonathan Church, Federal Trust for Education and Research, London. This survey was conducted on the basis of a questionnaire, sent out in summer 2004. Most institutes replied until the end of October 2004. Issues of EU-25-Watch are available on the World Wide Web (www.iep-berlin.de and www.tepsa.be) and on the homepages of all contributing institutes. The Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP) in Berlin is responsible for the coordination of the project. Contact persons are Barbara Lippert ([email protected]) and Juliane Menke (jmenke@iep- berlin.de). The Institut für Europäische Politik is particularly grateful to the Otto Wolff-Foundation, Cologne and the Centre International de Formation Européenne (CIFE), Nice for supporting the IEP’s work on the project. CIFE is financially supported by the European Union. © Institut für Europäische Politik, 2004 2 / 169 EU-25 Watch | Content Table of Content On the Project ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Table of Content .................................................................................................................................... 3 List of Abbreviations............................................................................................................................. 6 Introduction............................................................................................................................................ 7 Intergovernmental Conference / Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe............................ 9 Austria................................................................................................................................................ 10 Belgium .............................................................................................................................................. 12 Cyprus................................................................................................................................................ 15 Czech Republic.................................................................................................................................. 15 Denmark ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Estonia ............................................................................................................................................... 20 Finland ............................................................................................................................................... 23 Germany ............................................................................................................................................ 26 Greece ............................................................................................................................................... 29 Hungary ............................................................................................................................................. 30 Ireland ................................................................................................................................................ 32 Italy..................................................................................................................................................... 34 Latvia.................................................................................................................................................. 35 Luxembourg ....................................................................................................................................... 40 Malta .................................................................................................................................................. 42 Netherlands........................................................................................................................................ 43 Poland................................................................................................................................................ 45 Portugal.............................................................................................................................................. 48 Slovakia ............................................................................................................................................