Giving an analysis of the making of the Treaty of Nice, the treaty of the European Union, adopted in 2000. This book analyses the interests and strategies of the various actors, including the 15 Member States, during the negotiations and tries to explain the main institutional changes, such as the re-weighting of votes in the Council of Ministers. - Съдържа: Chapter 1: Introduction: Overview of the Intergovernmental Conference 2000 and the Treaty of Nice Finn Laursen NATIONAL PREFERENCE FORMATION Chapter 2: Austria: Between Size and Sanctions Kathrin Blanck Chapter 3: Belgium: More Catholic than the Pope? Bart Kerremans Chapter 4: Denmark: The Battle to Avoid a Referendum Finn Laursen Chapter 5: Germany: A Story of Saving Face Christian Engel Chapter 6: Finland: "We Have to Live With This Result" Esko Antola Chapter 7: France: Presidency Roles and National Interests Adriaan Schout and Sophie Vanhoonacker Chapter 8: Greece: Continuity and Change Panos Tsakaloyannis and Spyros Blavoukos Chapter 9: Ireland: A Tale of Two Referenda Ben Tonra Chapter 10: Italy: When Individual Actors Make the Difference Federiga Bindi Chapter 11: Luxembourg: Balancing EU and National Interests Nicolas Mackel Chapter 12: The Netherlands: From Principles to Pragmatism Sander Luitwieler and Alfred Pijpers Chapter 13: Portugal: The Fight Against the 'Big' Ones Ana Maria Guerra Martins Chapter 14: Spain: The Need to Sell a Victory Felipe Basabe Llorens Chapter 15: Sweden: In the Shadow of Enlargement? Christer Karlsson and Anna-Carin Svensson Chapter 16: United Kingdom: New Approach and New Influence? Henrik Larsen Chapter 17: Poland and the Other Candidate Countries: Influencing the Treaty from the Sidelines Maciej Wilga INSTITUTIONAL ACTORS Chapter 18: The European Parliament and the European Commission: 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' Christine Neuhold Chapter 19: The European Commission and Council Secretariat: How They Gained Some Influence Derek Beach INTERSTATE BARGAINING Chapter 20: Re-weighting of Votes and Composition of Commission: When Size Matters Finn Laursen Chapter 21: Qualified Majority Voting: A Joint but Failed Search for Efficiency Building Andreas Maurer Chapter 22: Enhanced Cooperation: Lowering the Restrictions - And Creating the Basis of a Hard Core? Laura Lund Olsen THE PARALLEL PROCESSES Chapter 23: European Security and Defence Policy: Coming of Age? Sten Rynning Chapter 24: The Charter of Fundamental Rights: Novel Method on the Way to the Nice Treaty Cristina Pineda Polo and Monica den Boer CONCLUSIONS Chapter 25: Explaining the Treaty of Nice: Beyond Liberal Intergovernmentalism? Finn Laursen Chapter 26: The Post-Nice Agenda: Towards a New 'Constitutional' Treaty?.*