Negotiating European Union

Franz Cede is legal adviser to the Austrian Foreign Ministry and has participated in numerous international conferences and bilateral negotiations. He was also a regular delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations. In 1999 Dr. Ceded became Austrian Ambassador to the Russian Federation and since 2003 he is Austrian Ambassador to Belgium, also representing his country at NATO. Paul W. Meerts studied political science and international relations at the Universities of Amsterdam and Leiden. He has been Research Fellow on Dutch Political History at the Universities of Leiden and Groningen, as well as coordinator of diplomatic training at the Netherlands Society of International Affairs and the Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael'. Since 1990 he is Deputy Director of the Clingendael Institute. As a consultant in Diplomatic Negotiation he trained diplomats and civil servants in more than seventy countries. He wrote on interstate bargaining, focusing on its political dimensions. Paul W. Meerts holds an honorary doctorate from the National University of Mongolia.

• 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