- Map of Europe
- About the Authors
- About the Book
- New to this Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Guided Tour of Textbook Features
- Guided Tour of the Online Resources
- Late News Page
- Part One Theory
- 1. Theories of European Integration
- 2. Theories of EU Governance
- 3. Theorizing Consequences
- 4. Critical Perspectives
- Part Two History
- 5. From the End of the War to the Schuman Plan (the Late 1940s to the Early 1950s)
- 6. The ‘Other’ European Communities and the Origins of the European Economic Community (the Early 1950s to the 1960s)
- 7. The First Years of the European Economic Community (the 1960s and into the 1970s)
- 8. The Revival of European Integration (the Mid-1970s to the Late 1980s)
- 9. Maastricht and Amsterdam (the Late 1980s to the Late 1990s)
- 10. From Amsterdam to Lisbon (2000–09)
- 11. The EU in Crisis (2009–19)
- Part Three Institutions
- 12. The Institutional Architecture
- 13. The European Commission
- 14. The European Council and the Council of the European Union (EU)
- 15. The European Parliament
- 16. The Court of Justice of the European Union
- 17. Organized Interests
- Part Four Policies
- 18. Policy Making and Policies in the European Union
- 19. The Single Market
- 20. Economic and Monetary Union
- 21. Agriculture
- 22. Environment and Climate
- 23. Freedom, Security, and Justice
- 24. Trade and Development Aid
- 25. Common Foreign and Security Policy
- 26. Enlargement
- References
- Glossary
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Chronology
- General Index
- Author Index
(p. 172) 10. From Amsterdam to Lisbon (2000–09)
- Chapter:
- (p. 172) 10. From Amsterdam to Lisbon (2000–09)
- Author(s):
Simon Bulmer
, Owen Parker
, Ian Bache
, Stephen George
, and Charlotte Burns
- DOI:
- 10.1093/hepl/9780198820635.003.0010
This chapter examines the new strategy adopted in March 2000 by a special European Council in Lisbon to make the European Union (EU) more competitive, culminating in the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon. The Amsterdam Treaty had scarcely entered into force before further Treaty reform emerged on the agenda. Throughout the year 2000, a new intergovernmental conference met to address outstanding institutional issues that had not been settled at Amsterdam. It concluded in December 2000 with the longest European Council in history, which led to the Treaty of Nice. The chapter first considers the Nice Treaty, before discussing the Lisbon Strategy, the European Security and Defence Policy, the Constitutional Treaty, the issue of enlargement, the European Parliament (EP), and the nomination of a new European Commission. It ends with a discussion of the Treaty of Lisbon.
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- Map of Europe
- About the Authors
- About the Book
- New to this Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Guided Tour of Textbook Features
- Guided Tour of the Online Resources
- Late News Page
- Part One Theory
- 1. Theories of European Integration
- 2. Theories of EU Governance
- 3. Theorizing Consequences
- 4. Critical Perspectives
- Part Two History
- 5. From the End of the War to the Schuman Plan (the Late 1940s to the Early 1950s)
- 6. The ‘Other’ European Communities and the Origins of the European Economic Community (the Early 1950s to the 1960s)
- 7. The First Years of the European Economic Community (the 1960s and into the 1970s)
- 8. The Revival of European Integration (the Mid-1970s to the Late 1980s)
- 9. Maastricht and Amsterdam (the Late 1980s to the Late 1990s)
- 10. From Amsterdam to Lisbon (2000–09)
- 11. The EU in Crisis (2009–19)
- Part Three Institutions
- 12. The Institutional Architecture
- 13. The European Commission
- 14. The European Council and the Council of the European Union (EU)
- 15. The European Parliament
- 16. The Court of Justice of the European Union
- 17. Organized Interests
- Part Four Policies
- 18. Policy Making and Policies in the European Union
- 19. The Single Market
- 20. Economic and Monetary Union
- 21. Agriculture
- 22. Environment and Climate
- 23. Freedom, Security, and Justice
- 24. Trade and Development Aid
- 25. Common Foreign and Security Policy
- 26. Enlargement
- References
- Glossary
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Chronology
- General Index
- Author Index
