National Interministerial Co-ordination and International Negotiations: A Model and Explanation of the Amsterdam Treaty

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The aims of the project was to analyse the negotiation process and the outcome of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) 1996 leading to the Amsterdam Treaty. Specifically, we wanted to reach the following aims:

  1. Identification of the domestic formal and informal structures of EU member states responsible for the preparation of this IGC.
  2. Identification of intranational as well as international preference constellations with regard to the agenda of the IGC 1996.
  3. Quantitative analytical reconstruction of the negotiation process.
  4. Empirical assessment of the implications of intranational, transnational, international and supranational factors on European constitution building.

 

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