"Who's Afraid of Austria, Sweden and Finland?" EIPAScope 1993(1):pp. 1-3

den Hartog, Arthur. (1993) "Who's Afraid of Austria, Sweden and Finland?" EIPAScope 1993(1):pp. 1-3.

Abstract

The magic year 1992', or rather the beginning of 1993, has brought to the European Community something quite different from what was expected. The changing of the years has not seen the complete implementation of the long-awaited single market nor the much desired ratification of the Maastricht Treaty. Instead, the new year will start with a fresh round of negotiations aimed at the enlargement of the European Community. These are enlargement negotiations which, for a long time, were made ultimately dependent on realizing the abovementioned projects that have now failed to meet their deadline. In more academic terms, it looks as if the debate on the widening' versus the deepening' of the European Community has been won by the wideners'. But has it really?