Harbro, Gent Grinvalds

Holst, Lars Asbjørn

Rud, Jakob Mads

Schultz-Lorentzen, Johannes S.

Skaarup, Carl

Welander, Tobias Kjer

Wilche, Christian

The purpose of this project is to investigate the EU-integration process with a focus on the rejected Constitutional Treaty and the negotiations on the multiannual budget. By analyzing these two cases, the project will find the tendencies, which have influenced the integration process, and what the perspectives for further European integration in the near future is. This is done by using the integration theories, liberal intergovernmentalism and neo-functionalism, which is used to investigate, why the important actors have acted as they did. Habermas is also used to explain why the Constitutional Treaty was rejected by the French and Dutch populations in referendums. Additionally the two interviewed experts, Ian Manners and Hans Martens, will help elaborating on the issue. Why the politicians want to integrate or not integrate further, and the paradigm they are influenced by, is examined to determine whether the important actors have acted on a ideal-istic or a functionalistic basis. This is followed by a discussion of the possibilities for fur-ther integration. It is concluded that the perspectives for federal initiatives in the near future is, despite the long term plan for integration by the Commission, not great, because national leaders doesn’t want it at the moment. Furthermore experience from the Constitutional Treaty show, that even if they did, it would have harsh conditions, if referendums were necessary, because the politician’s paradigm might not be that of the people.The purpose of this project is to investigate the EU-integration process with a focus on the rejected Constitutional Treaty and the negotiations on the multiannual budget. By analyzing these two cases, the project will find the tendencies, which have influenced the integration process, and what the perspectives for further European integration in the near future is. This is done by using the integration theories, liberal intergovernmentalism and neo-functionalism, which is used to investigate, why the important actors have acted as they did. Habermas is also used to explain why the Constitutional Treaty was rejected by the French and Dutch populations in referendums. Additionally the two interviewed experts, Ian Manners and Hans Martens, will help elaborating on the issue. Why the politicians want to integrate or not integrate further, and the paradigm they are influenced by, is examined to determine whether the important actors have acted on a ideal-istic or a functionalistic basis. This is followed by a discussion of the possibilities for fur-ther integration. It is concluded that the perspectives for federal initiatives in the near future is, despite the long term plan for integration by the Commission, not great, because national leaders doesn’t want it at the moment. Furthermore experience from the Constitutional Treaty show, that even if they did, it would have harsh conditions, if referendums were necessary, because the politician’s paradigm might not be that of the people

Den Europæiske Union: Solidaritet, magt og momentum

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