The contributors

Abbreviations

Foreword

Helmut Kohl

Introduction Assessing the Treaty of Amsterdam: beyond conventional wisdom

Jorg Monar

Wolfgang Wessels

Part I The IGC 1996-97 negotiations and their outcome

The 1996/97 intergovernmental conference: a survey of the process

Jan Grunhage

The institutional reforms of Amsterdam: a view from the European Parliament

Elmar Brok

Amsterdam: success or failure? A personal view

Franklin Dehousse

The reformed European Union and the challenge of enlargement

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski

The Amsterdam Treaty in theoretical perspectives: which dynamics at work?

Wolfgang Wessels

Part II Constitutional and institutional reforms

The European Union's constitutional muddle: which way forward?

Jean-Victor Louis

Democratic governance in the European Union: the institutional terrain after Amsterdam

Andreas Maurer

Constitutional deficits of EU justice and home affairs: transparency, accountability and judicial control

Brendan Smith

William Wallace

Closer cooperation: political background and issues in the negotiation

Philippe de Schoutheete

Flexibility after Amsterdam: comparative analysis and prospective impact

Eric Philippart

Monika Sie Dhian Ho

Part III The reforms in major policy areas

EU employment and social policy after Amsterdam: too little or too much?

Pier Carlo Padoan

Reform of the CFSP: from Maastricht to Amsterdam

Dieter Mahncke

The common foreign and security policy of the Amsterdam treaty: towards an improved EU identity on the international scene?

Elfriede Regelsberger

Uwe Schmalz

Justice and home affairs after Amsterdam: the treaty reforms and the challenge of their implementation

Jorg Monar

The incorporation of Schengen into the TEU: a bridge too far?

Monica den Boer

Part IV The Way ahead

Continuing and building on Amsterdam: the reforms of the Treaty of Nice

Jorg Monar

Index