Publisher's Synopsis
Consists of five substantial papers based on the European Strategy Forum's first meeting, in Ponte de Lima, Portugal. The topics covered are: The State of the Union at the beginning of 2007, EU Energy Policy, Reform of the EU Budget, European Security and Defence Policy and the Future of the Constitutional Treaty. Published on the eve of the special European Council in Berlin to celebrate the 50th anniversary and at a critical moment in the debate about the future of the Constitutional Treaty, the essay by Jacques Keller-Noellet and Guy Milton of the Council Secretariat on the prospects for constitutional reform is likely to be of particular interest. The papers are aimed in the first instance at policy makers in the EU institutions and member state governments. They should also be of considerable interest however to anybody who wishes to keep abreast of the EU policy debate.
