Conclusion

Abstract

The project of rethinking the European Union in the late 1990s consists of two dimensions. Firstly, there is the wider debate on the future development of the Union centred around a number of issues. These encompass three interlinked dimensions: the possibility of implementing the provisions and aspirations detailed in the Treaty on European Union; the ability of the Union to accommodate those countries who aspire to become members of the Union; and the agenda and remit for the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference. Secondly, there is the debate to which this volume is intended to directly contribute. The latter debate is how the contemporary and future dynamics of the European Union might best be conceptualised and studied. The premise that underlies this project is that organised eclecticism provides the best way forward for the latter debate.