Author Description

The European Convention and the Rome and Brussels IGCs: a veto players analysis / George Tsebelis -- The European Convention: consensus without unity? / Thomas Kèonig, Andreas Warntjen and Simone Burkhart -- Austria: the coordination of the national position regarding the Constitution / Christine Arnold and Annemieke Burmeister -- Belgium, the Convention and the IGC: consensus and coalition politics / Christophe Crombez and Jan Lebbe -- Cyprus: under the shadow of the inter-communal conflict / Spyros Blavoukos and George Pagoulatos -- The Czech Republic: sitting on the fence / Tobias Schulz and Martina Chabreckova -- Denmark: the Nordic Model as an effort to bridge elite Euro-optimism and popular Euro-skepticism / Hartmut Lenz and Han Dorussen -- Estonia: a single voice in Europe's intergovernmental bargaining / Daniel Finke -- Finland: centralized consensus on EU constitution building / Daniel Finke and Thomas König -- France: The President takes all / Tobias Schulz -- Germany: the promoter of European integration? / Stephanie Daimer and Thomas König -- Greece: overcoming negative stereotyping / George Pagoulatos and Spyros Blavoukos -- Hungary: united in support, divided by borders / Anna Gwiazda and Kenneth Benoit -- Ireland: pragmatism and the EU constitution / Anna Gwiazda -- Italy: the presidency at work? / Tobias Schulz -- Latvia and the EU constitution: a pragmatic yes / Stephanie Daimer -- Lithuania: a priority for Europe / Stephanie Daimer -- Luxembourg, the Convention and the IGC: consensus and concern for its economy / Christophe Crombez and Jan Lebbe -- Malta: the importance of being unimportant / Spyros Blavoukos -- The Netherlands: domestic preference formation on the European Constitution / Christine Arnold, Madeleine O. Hosli and Paul Pennings -- Poland: the struggle for Nice / Anna Gwiazda -- Portugal: quest for a new role / Spyros Blavoukos and George Pagoulatos -- Slovakia: avoiding conflict to secure stability / Tobias Sch