Abstract:

The Nice Treaty fulfils the necessary preconditions for enlargement in terms of institutional reform. But is that sufficient to ensure a capacity for governance in the enlarged Union? In spite of some not inconsiderable progress, there is room for doubt. By anticipating a follow-up to Nice, and the opening of a new institutional construction-site in 2001, the existing members acknowledge that the debate is far from over and that some vital questions need answers: what project and what institution for Europe?

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