Negotiating European Union

LEENDERT J. BAL Transport Attaché at the Netherlands Permanent Representation at the European Union in Brussels, Belgium DEREK BEACH University of Aarhus, Denmark OLEG ELGSTRÖM Professor of Political Science at Lund University, Sweden PETER C. J. VAN GRINSVEN Netherlands Institute of International Relations "Clingendael" ALAIN GUGGENBÜHL European Institute of Public Administration, The Netherlands DOROTHEE HEISENBERG Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC, USA MENDELTJE VAN KEULEN Netherlands Institute for International Affairs,The Netherlands ALICE LANDAU University of Geneva, Switzerland PIETER J. LANGENBERG Netherlands Permanent Mission to the European Union, The Netherlands RINUS VAN SCHENDELEN Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

• The EU as the Epitome of a Negotiating Process; F.Cede The EU as a Negotiations Arena. Diplomats, Experts and PAM Professionals; R.van Schendelen What Happens at Home - Negotiating EU Policy at the Domestic Level; M.van Keulen The Role of the Member States in the European Union; P.J. Langenberg EU Institutions and IGC Negotiations: How the EU Negotiation Process Affects Institutions' Ability to Gain Influence in IGCs; D.Beach What Kind of Negotiation does 'Consensus Decision-Making' Involve?; D.Heisenberg Negotiation and Mediation in the EU Council of Ministers; O.Elgström Member States Operating in the EU Council of Ministers, Inside Impressions; L.J.Bal The European Council under Construction: EU Top Level Decision Making at the beginning of a New Century; P.C.J. van Grinsven Cookbook of the Presidency of the European Union; A.Guggenbühl Negotiating the Enlargement; A.Landau European Union Negotiation; P.Meerts