The Making of the EU's Lisbon Treaty

Contents: Finn Laursen: The Lisbon Treaty. The Treaty-Making Process - Hans J. Lietzmann: A Symbolic Revocation of Symbolism. The German Path from the EU Constitution to the Lisbon Treaty - Frank R. Pfetsch: Germany's Role with Regard to the Reform Process of the EU - Bernard Barthalay: France and Lisbon. Back to the Future - Alasdair Blair: Britain and the Negotiation of the Lisbon Treaty - Federiga Bindi/Luigi Gianniti: Italy and the Making of the Lisbon Treaty - Joaquín Roy: The Lisbon Treaty and Spain. Background, Context and Impact - Lenka Rovná/Zuzana Kasáková: The Czech Republic, an Uncomprehending and Difficult Partner? - Maciej Wilga/Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski: Poland Fighting its Cause in the EU. A Long Story about the Lisbon Treaty - Finn Laursen: Denmark and the Ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. How a Referendum was Avoided - Declan J. Walsh: Ratification by Referendum. How Ireland Changed from No to Yes - Gavin Barrett: A Rough Passage. Lessons from the Experience of the Ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland - Finn Laursen: The Making of the Lisbon Treaty. National Preferences, Inter-state Bargaining and Theoretical Debates.

Finn Laursen, PhD in Political Science (1980), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, holds a Canada Research Chair as well as an ad personam Jean Monnet Chair in EU Studies at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is also Director of the EU Centre of Excellence (EUCE) at Dalhousie. Before moving to Canada in 2006, he taught at the University of Southern Denmark. He has published extensively on various aspects of European integration.