Kenneth A. Loparo 
EU Effectiveness and Unity in Multilateral Negotiations 
More than the Sum of its Parts?

Analysing the relationship between EU unity and effectiveness in multilateral negotiations on food standards, climate change and health, this book develops a new model that simplifies earlier work on ‘actorness’ as well as combining insights from institutionalist, intergovernmentalist and constructivist theories.

Table of Content

1. Introduction 2. Comparing Three Sets of Multilateral Negotiations 3. The EU’s Effectiveness in International Negotiations 4. EU Competence: a Precondition for EU Unity? 5. EU Preferences and Socialisation: the Willingness of EU Member States to Unite in International Negotiations 6. The EU Negotiating Food Safety Standards 7. The EU Negotiating Climate Change 8. The EU, a Healthy Negotiator? 9. A Comparative Analysis 10. Conclusions and Relevance for Institutional Reform Debate References List of Acronyms Annex A – Questionnaire that was used for the (semi-structured) Interviews Endnotes

About the author

Louise Van Schaik is Reseach Fellow, Clingendael European Studies Programme, Clingendael Institute, Netherlands.