The European Community: The Challenge of Enlargement

For years to come, the issue of enlargement - to the north and the east - is going to remain at the centre of debate over the future shape of the European Community. This book draws together a wide range of complex issues influencing European affairs and explains how they interact. Among the topics covered are the impact of the Maastricht Treaty on applicant countries; a discussion on the impact of the French and Danish referenda; the relationship between the EC and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries - Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland; the relationship between the EC and Hungary, Poland and the Czech and Slovak Republic; and the way in which Cyprus, Malta and Turkey have pursued their applications for membership in the EC.