Introduction
The French presidency of the Union in general
Characteristics of the EU presidency
French expectations
Significance of the presidency for French foreign policy
Concrete priorities of the French presidency
The Intergovernmental Conference: institutional reforms considered as prerequisite of enlargement
The three Amsterdam left-overs
Enhanced co-operations: the key issue of the institutional reforms
The alternative: treaty in Nice or recasting of the EU
Other priorities
Economic and social issues
Everyday problems for the citizens
Reinforcement of the Union’s role on the international scene
French visions behind the concrete priorities
Enlargement subordinate to the structural reforms
Avant-garde in a federation of Nation-states
Europe-power/Europe-puissance: the European Union as a power center of the multipolar world
Conclusions

 
(A francia Európa-politika prioritásai, SVKI Védelmi Tanulmányok, Budapest, 2000.)

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