On December 12 and 13, 1997, Ifri and the French daily paper La Croix organised a conference entitled: 'The European Union in 2000'. This conference was supported by the European Commission.

Five main issues concerning the EU's future were addressed:

• What role for the EU in employment policies?
•  Can Europe be democratic as well as far from the people?
• Is a common foreign policy possible?
• How can an enlarged Union work?
• How to make people love Europe?

Each of these issues was summarised in five texts, which have been gathered in the present volume. They offer a global view of what challenges the European Union has to face on the eve of the creation of the euro and the Eastern Enlargement.

About the authors:

ean-Louis Bourlanges is a Member of the European Parliament and the Chairman of the European Movement (France).

Daniel Cohen is a Professor of Economics at the Ecole normale supérieure (ENS, Paris)

Jean-Marie Géhenno is a Magistrate at the Cour des comptes. He was the Representative of France at the Western European Union (WEU).

Philippe Moreau Defarges is a Research Fellow at Ifri (European issues, international relations).

Thierry de Montbrial is the President of Ifri.

Dominique Wolton is a Research Director aht the CNRS.