Werner Weidenfeld, ed. Europa öffnen.
Anforderungen an die Erweiterung
[Opening Europe. Requirements for the Enlargement]
(Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, 1997)
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Florian Bieber, Roland Bieber, "Institutionelle Voraussetzungen für die Osterweiterung der Europäischen Union" [Institutional requirements for the eastward enlargement of the European Union]
This essay examines the institutional changes, which are required to accommodate the enlargement of the European Union. This encompasses the number of seats in the European Parliament, the issue of languages in the institutions and other key topics.
It points to the difficulties connected with such a large scale process and demonstrates that radical changes in the institutional structure will be necessary to enable the enlargement of the EU towards the East.
Other articles in the book demonstrate the necessity to reform the EU, the agricultural policy and structural funds, as well as a discussion of the strategy for enlargement.
The entire book is in German. For more information and ordering to book go to the homepage of the Bertelsmann Stiftung