This paper focuses on the impact of the fifth enlargement on the European Union Foreign Policy (EUFP). In the context of the U.S attack on Iraq in 2003 and the rhetorical image of the “old” and “new” Europe, a pervasive perception emerged that the voice of the EU would be weakened after...

The double Non-Nee against the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe in France and the Netherlands respectively, has hit the heart of the most optimistic Europeans, opening a new critical conjuncture for the political project. Member States, EU institutions and civil...

This paper aims at assessing a number of policies and means employed so far by the EU to foster fair trade in its more general significance, exploring at the same time ways in which further experiences in this field could be nurtured. Its structure is as follows. After a second section in which...

La integración regional es un tema relativamente nuevo de la reflexión teórica. Aún menos que otros puede ser analizado con seriedad si se pretenden aislar los elementos puramente económicos de los aspectos políticos y sociales. Y con particular nitidez surge aquí también la importancia...

In the EU candidate countries the citizens’ support for the democratic process is important for domestic democracy as well as the integration process. Many factors contribute to explain democratic support (Dalton 2004), and many aspects should be considered in order to have a good...

The development of the EU principles, particularly of the subsidiarity principle and of the proportionality principle, follows different directions, according to the different legal systems of Member States. In Germany, where the principles took origin, the structure of the Constitution itself...

El proceso de integración europeo, con sus cincuenta años de consolidación, ha experimentado numerosos avances y algunos retrocesos que pueden analizarse con el afán de entender mejor la dinámica comunitaria. Dinamarca ha sido un país que, en numerosas oportunidades, ha manifestado...

One of the most famous pieces of Latin American scholarship, the article Sunkel, Osvaldo 1973 “Transnational capitalism and national disintegration in Latin America.” Social and. Economic Studies 22 (1): 156–171, published originally in 1969 and having appeared in many translations and...

Los procesos de integración siempre constituyen una opción depolítica internacional. Turquía ha hecho su opción por la Unión Europea, aunque éstaúltima ha optado la mayoría de las veces por poses ambiguas, contradictorias o vanas. La opción de Turquía por la Unión Europea, a pesar de...

On the 24th of August, 2006, Ukraine celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of its independence but not only so: for the first time since parliamentary elections are held, the leaders of political parties signed a far-reaching compromise, the National Unity Pact, which declares “the constant...