Foreign Ministries in the European Union

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Introduction: Gatekeepers and Boundary-Spanners — Thinking about Foreign Ministries in the European Union

   • Brian Hocking

   Pages 1-17

3. The Evolving Role of Foreign Ministries in the Conduct of European Union Affairs

   • David Spence

   Pages 18-36

4. Austria

   • Hanspeter Neuhold

   Pages 37-59

5. Belgium

   • Rik Coolsaet, Ann-Sofie Voet

   Pages 60-74

6. Denmark

   • Knud Erik Jørgensen

   Pages 75-94

7. Finland

   • Esko Antola

   Pages 95-110

8. France

   • Melanie Morisse-Schilbach

   Pages 111-131

9. Germany

   • Elfriede Regelsberger

   Pages 132-145

10. Ireland

    • Ben Tonra

    Pages 146-162

11. Italy

    • Mario Zucconi

    Pages 163-176

12. The Netherlands

    • Duco Hellema

    Pages 177-190

13. Portugal

    • José M. Matos Correia

    Pages 191-211

14. Spain

    • Ignacio Molina, Fernando Rodrigo

    Pages 212-237

15. Sweden

    • Magnus Ekengren, Bengt Sundelius

    Pages 238-249

16. The United Kingdom Adapting to the European Union within a transformed world

    • David Allen

    Pages 250-272

17. Conclusion

    • Brian Hocking

    Pages 273-286

18. Afterword: Towards a European Diplomatic System?

    • Brian Hocking, David Spence

    Pages 287-305

19. Back Matter

    Pages 306-314

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What role, if any, does the foreign ministry perform in contemporary world politics? Is the argument that it is in a state of terminal decline accurate or rooted in only partial understandings of its changing character? Foreign Ministries in the European Union explores this theme in the context of the EU where foreign ministry has played a key role in the development of integration but where its role is increasingly questioned. The contributors examine the foreign ministry in thirteen member states and draw conclusions that challenge some conventional wisdoms.

• Europe
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• Germany
• european union politics

'This is an indispensable book for the material it provides on both foreign ministries and national foreign policies. Most of the country-studies contain statistical details on the extent of national diplomatic services and the number of missions - data surprisingly difficult to put one's hands on quickly.' - Christopher Hill, London School of Economics and Political Science, International Affairs

• Coventry University, UK

  Brian Hocking

• Delegation of The European Commission to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

  David Spence

DAVID ALLEN Senior Lecturer in European Studies, Loughborough University, UK ESKO ANTOLA Jean Monnet Chair, European Studies, University of Turku, Finland RIK COOLSAET Professor of International Relations, University of Ghent, Belgium JOSE CORREIA Professor of International Relations, Lusiada University, Lisbon MAGNUS EKENGREN Senior Lecturer, Swedish National Defence College, Sweden DUCO HELLEMA Professor in History of International Relations, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands KNUD ERIK JØRGENSEN Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark IGNACIO MOLINA Lecturer in Political Science, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain MELANIE MORISSE-SCHILBACH Research Fellow, Dresden University of Technology, Germany HANSPETER NEUHOLD Head of the Institute for International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna, Austria ELFRIEDE REGELSBERGER Research Fellow, Institut fur Europaische Politik, Bonn, Germany FERNANDO RODRIGO Professor of International Relations, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain BENGT SUNDELIUS Professor of Government, Upsala University, Sweden BEN TONRA Deputy Director, Dublin European Institute, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland ANN-SFIE VOET Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Ghent, Belgium MARIO ZUCCONI Professor of International Relations, Centre for the Study of International Politics, Rome, Italy

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