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Concise yet comprehensive, the Dossiers present accessible analyses of EU policies, institutions and related themes. Written by experts in the field and commissioned by the University of North London, the European Dossiers are an ideal resource for teachers and an invaluable source of information for anyone with an interest in the EU. Published five times per year, the Dossiers are available through an annual subscription or as individual titles. Kerstin Junge shows that the concept of flexibility has been subject to much confusion, which the Treaty of Amsterdam has done little to dispel. She examines various models of integration and the problems attached to EU enlargement, asking whether the 'flexibility clause' will suffice to deal with the complexity of 21st-century Europe.