The Accession Story

The Eu from 15 to 25 Countries
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-19-921587-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 766 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vassiliou, George

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Europäische Union, Europa: Wirtschaft
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• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- PART I - THE ENLARGEMENT FROM 15 TO 25 THE BRUSSEL'S VIEW

- 1: Eneko Landaburu: The Need for Enlargement and Differences from Previous Accessions

- 2: Poul Skytte Christoffersen: The Preparation of the 5th Enlargement

- 3: Poul Skytte Christoffersen: Organisation of the Process and Beginning of the Negotiations

- 4: Poul Skytte Christoffersen: From Helsinki to Seville July 1999 - June 2002

- 5: Poul Skytte Christoffersen: The Danish Presidency - Conclusion of the Negotiations

- 6: George Vassiliou and Poul Skytte Christoffersen: Financing the Enlargement

- 7: George Vassiliou: The Public's Attitude to Enlargement

- PART II - THE TEN COUNTRIES STORY

- 8: George Vassiliou: The Accession of Cyprus to the EU

- 9: Pavel Telicka and Karel Bartak: The Accession of the Czech Republic to the EU

- 10: Alar Streimann: The Accession of Estonia to the EU

- 11: Peter Gottfried and Peter Györkös: The Accession of Hungary to the EU

- 12: Andris Kesteris and Kristine Plamše: The Accession of Latvia to the EU

- 13: Petras Auštrevicius: The Accesion of Lithuania to the EU

- 14: Richard Cachia Caruana: The Accession of Malta to the EU

- 15: Jan Kulakowski and Leszek Jesien: The Accession of Poland to the EU

- 16: Ján Figel' and Miroslav Adamiš: The Accession of the Slovak Republic to the EU

- 17: Janez Potocnik, Fedor Cerne and Emil Erjavec in Mojmir Mrak: The Accession of Slovenia to the EU

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

George Vassiliou was elected President of the Republic of Cyprus in 1988 for a five-year term.
During this period he worked hard to achieve a solution of the Cyprus problem and improved the functioning of the public sector. As a result of several reforms, the economy improved substantially, the GDP per capita nearly doubled and in 1991 Cyprus was able to apply for membership of the E.U. In 1992 it became possible to link the Cyprus pound to the ECU.

One of his major achievements during this period was the establishment of the University of Cyprus.