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"This book is a useful tool to anyone who is interested in the enlargement of the E.U., to the citizens of the ten acceded countries who would like to know how they managed to accede and also to officials of the new candidate countries, who are preparing their country for accession. The ""Accession Story"" provides a unique overview of the enlargement of the E.U. from 15 to 25 countries. It consists of two main parts.In the first part the then Director General of D.G. Enlargement, Mr. Eneko Landaburu, and Denmark's Permanent Representative in the E.U., Ambassador Poul Christoffersen, provides a comprehensive picture of the enlargement process from the beginning to the end, from the Brussels' point of view.The second part, written by the ten people responsible for negotiating the accession of their countries, presents the challenges, problems and difficulties each one of the ten countries had to overcome, in order to succeed to adopt the acquis communautaire and be accepted into the E.U."

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Author:   George Vassiliou (Former President of the Republic of Cyprus; Chief Negotiator for the accession of Cyprus to the E.U.)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9780199215874

ISBN 10:   0199215871
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   19 April 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I - THE ENLARGEMENT FROM 15 TO 25 THE BRUSSEL'S VIEW 1: Eneko Landaburu: The Need for Enlargement and Differences from Previous Accessions 2: Poul Skytte Christoffersen: The Preparation of the 5th Enlargement 3: Poul Skytte Christoffersen: Organisation of the Process and Beginning of the Negotiations 4: Poul Skytte Christoffersen: From Helsinki to Seville July 1999 - June 2002 5: Poul Skytte Christoffersen: The Danish Presidency - Conclusion of the Negotiations 6: George Vassiliou & Poul Skytte Christoffersen: Financing the Enlargement 7: George Vassiliou: The Public's Attitude to Enlargement PART II - THE TEN COUNTRIES STORY 8: George Vassiliou: The Accession of Cyprus to the EU 9: Pavel Telicka & Karel Bartak: The Accession of the Czech Republic to the EU 10: Alar Streimann: The Accession of Estonia to the EU 11: Peter Gottfried & Peter Györkös: The Accession of Hungary to the EU 12: Andris Kesteris & Kristine Plam%se: The Accession of Latvia to the EU 13: Petras Au%strevicius: The Accesion of Lithuania to the EU 14: Richard Cachia Caruana: The Accession of Malta to the EU 15: Jan Kulakowski & Leszek Jesien: The Accession of Poland to the EU 16: Ján Figel' & Miroslav Adami%s: The Accession of the Slovak Republic to the EU 17: Janez Potocnik , Fedor Cerne & Emil Erjavec in Mojmir Mrak: The Accession of Slovenia to the EU Index

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A detailed, engaging picture of the fifth enlargement from the perspective of both Brussels and the ten new member states... Given the political history of the new members, their perspective not only reveals the complexity of the enlargement processes, but also the country-specific obstacles and personal frustrations the negotiators had to deal with and overcome...Highly recommended. --CHOICE<br>

Author Information

George Vassiliou was elected President of the Republic of Cyprus in 1988 for a five-year term. During this period he worked hard to achieve a solution of the Cyprus problem and improved the functioning of the public sector. As a result of several reforms, the economy improved substantially, the GDP per capita nearly doubled and in 1991 Cyprus was able to apply for membership of the E.U. In 1992 it became possible to link the Cyprus pound to the ECU. One of his major achievements during this period was the establishment of the University of Cyprus.

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