The candidate states and the IGC

Baun, Michael J. (author), Marek, Dan (author)

The 2000 Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) and Nice Treaty have significant implications for the candidate-states for European Union (EU) membership. Of most importance for the SE countries, the Nice summit brought the IGC to a successful conclusion, thereby clearing the way for enlargement to proceed. The institutional changes agreed to at Nice will also affect the future position and interests of the candidate-countries as member-states. A less effective EU, because of the minimalist extension of qualified-majority voting and raised threshold for qualified majority decisions, when combined with the new provisions for enhanced co-operation could work against the new member-states as frustrated and more federalist members seek to press ahead with further integration. The Nice agreement, including decisions on the size and composition of the Commission and the distribution of Council votes and seats in the European Parliament, will also affect popular perceptions of the EU in the candidate-states, and thus the level of popular support for accession in these countries.

• Language: English
• Keywords: European union, candidate-states, qualified majority voting, Nice Treaty, EU enlargement, size and composition of EU institutions
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2001
• Number of pages: Str. 13-37, 85, 87
• Numbering: Vol. 4, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135757
• UDC: 327:061.1EU
• ISSN on article: 1408-6980
• COBISS.SI-ID: 20630621
• Publication date in RUL: 30.03.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of international relations and development
• Shortened title: J. int. relat. & dev.
• Publisher: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre of International Relations
• ISSN: 1408-6980
• COBISS.SI-ID: 76065792

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Države kandidatke in medvladna konferenca

Abstract

Medvladna konferenca iz leta 2000 in sporazum iz Nice imata pomembne posledice za države kandidatke za vstop v Evropsko unijo (EU). Najbolj je za države kandidatke pomembno, da se je z vrhom v Nici uspešno končala medvladna konferenca in omogočila nadaljevanje širitve. Institucionalne spremembe, o katerih so se države članice sporazumele v Nici, bodo vplivale tudi na prihodnjo vlogo in interese držav kandidatk kot bodočih članic. Manj učinkovita EU, predvsem zaradi minimalne razširitve glasovanja s kvalificirano večino in povečanega praga za odločanje s kvalificirano večino, lahko v povezavi z novimi določili o stopnjevanem sodelovanju v odločanju deluje v nasprotju z interesi novih držav članic, če bodo tako onemogočene in bolj federalistično usmerjene države članice še bolj stopnjevale zahteve po nadaljnjem združevanju in povezovanju. Sporazum iz Nice bo skupaj z odločitvami o velikosti in sestavi Komisije, razdelitvijo glasov v Svetu in sedežev v Evropskem parlamentu imel vpliv tudi na razmišljanje prebivalcev držav kandidatk o EU ter posledično na stopnjo ljudske podpore za pridružitev teh držav.

• Keywords: Evropska unija, države kandidatke, glasovanje s kvalificirano večino, Sporazum iz Nice, širitev EU, velikost in sestava institucij