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List of Tables and Figures x
Foreword xi
Acknowledgements xiv
Abbreviations xv
1 Introduction 1
I The Council presidency and small states 1
II The gaps in our understanding of the presidency 2
III Hypotheses, methodology, and theoretical underpinnings 4
IV The cases 10
V Limits and caveats 14
VI Structure and propositions 16
2 The Presidency within the EU's Institutional Balance and its Evolution 18
Introduction 18
I The presidency as the guardian of equality: the EU's institutional balance 19
II The evolution of the presidency 31
Conclusion 37
3 The Council Presidency as a Policy Entrepreneur: Nature, Agenda-setting Power, and Conditions for Success 39
Introduction 39
I Policy entrepreneurship and agenda-setting in the EU 40
II Conceptualising the presidency: neutral broker versus policy entrepreneur 43
III Conditions for Success 55
Conclusion 70
4 The 1999 Finnish Presidency: Internal Market and Foreign Policy Priorities and Achievements 74
Introduction 74
I Finish internal market and foreign policy presidency objectives 75
II Obstacles: the leadership environment, institutional hurdles, and preference divergence 79
III Overcoming the obstacles: the strategic process 83
IV Conditions for Success 94
V Revision of achievements: assessing the counterfactuals 103
Conclusion 111
5 The 2001 Belgian Presidency: Internal Market and Foreign Policy Priorities and Achievements 114
Introduction 114
I Belgian internal market and foreign policy presidency objectives 115
II Obstacles: the leadership environment, institutional hurdles, and preference divergence 120
III Overcoming the obstacles:the strategic process 126
IV Conditions for success 139
V Revision of achievements: assessing the counterfactuals 150
Conclusion 156
6 The 2003 Greek Presidency: Internal Market and Foreign Policy Priorities and Achievements 159
Introduction 159
I Greek internal market and foreign policy presidency objectives 160
II Obstacles: the leadership environment, institutional hurdles, and preference divergence 164
III Overcoming the obstacles: the strategic process 169
IV Conditions for success 184
V Revision of achievements: assessing the counterfactuals 192
Conclusion 199
7 Conclusion 202
I The presidency, national interests, and levels of influence 202
II A question of size? On the presidency's resources and constraints 206
III The presidency as a policy entrepreneur 210
IV The value of the rotating Council presidency 212
V Are the alternatives better? 215
Appendix 218
Notes 222
Bibliography 244
Index 282
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