Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Overview of the Intergovernmental Conference 2000 and the Treaty of Nice / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 2. Austria: between Size and Sanctions / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 3. Belgium: More Catholic than the Pope? / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 4. Denmark: the Battle to Avoid a Referendum / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 5. Germany: a Story of Saving Face / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 6. Finland: We Have to Live with This Result / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 7. France: Presidency Roles and National Interests / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 8. Greece: Continuity and Change / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 9. Ireland: a Tale of Two Referenda / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 10. Italy: When Individual Actors Make the Difference / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 11. Luxembourg: Balancing Eu and National Interests / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 12. The Netherlands: from Principles to Pragmatism / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 13. Portugal: the Fight against the Big Ones / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 14. Spain: the Need to Sell a Victory / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 15. Sweden: in the Shadow of Enlargement? / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 16. The United Kingdom: New Approach and New Influence? / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 17. Poland and the Other Candidate Countries: Influencing the Treaty from the Sidelines / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 18. The European Parliament and the European Commission: You Cant Always Get What You Want / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 19the. Commission and the Council Secretariat:how They Gained Some Influence / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 20. Re-weighting of Votes in the Council and Composition of the Commission: When Size Matters / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 21. Qualified Majority Voting: a Joint but Failed Search for Efficiency Building / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 22. Enhanced Cooperation: Lowering the Restrictions and Creating the Basis of a Hard Core? / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 23. The European Security and Defence Policy: Coming of Age? / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 24. The Charter of Fundamental Rights: Novel Method on the Way to the Nice Treaty / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 25. Explaining the Treaty of Nice: beyond Liberal Intergovernmentalism? / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 26. The Post-nice Agenda: towards a Constitutional Treaty? / Finn Laursen Martinus -- Index / Finn Laursen Martinus.

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