Europe — Toward 2001

Peter Coffey, a British national was until recently, Head of the Economics section at the Europa Instituut, University of Amsterdam. Presently he is Holder of the recently created U.S. West Chair at the Graduate School at the College of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA. He has published many works on European and international economic and monetary problems. Professor Coffey, who speaks seven languages, has lectured in most countries of the EC, as well as in many other parts of the world.

• One: The Political and Institutional Dimensions.- 1 The Background to Institutional Reform.- 2 The Regional Dimension.- Two: The Economic Dimension.- 3 Competition versus Monopoly.- 4 Reforming Agriculture.- 5 Europe’s Economic Position in the World.- Three: An Economic and MonetaryUnion.- 6 The Feasibility of an EMU.- 7 Strategies for an EMU.- Four: Justice, Rights of Citizens and Social Policy.- 8 Justice in the Letter and the Spirit: Accessibility to the Courts.- 9 The Schengen Agreement.- 10 Migration.- 11 Welfare and Worker Representation.- Five; The Military Dimension.- 12 Existing Military Arrangements.- 13 Possible Future Military Options.- Six; A Common Foreign Policy.- 14 Present Foreign Policy Arrangements and Weapons.- 15 Policies for Central and Eastern Europe.- 16 A Unified or an À La Carte Foreign Policy?.- Seven: The Intergovernmental Conference of 1996.- 17 The National Proposals.- 18 The Proposals and Observations of the Institutions.- Conclusions The Future.- Appendices.

'Peter Coffey ... writes an interesting work ... critically examining and making his own proposals for long-term European Union policies.' European Library, 6876:248 (December 1996)