Contributions by: Giuliano Amato Klaus von Beyme Tanja Börzel Renaud Dehousse Christian Joerges Charles Leben M. Rainer Lepsius Agustín José Menéndez Yves Mény Iulia Motoc Dietmar Nickel Johan P. Olsen Thomas Risse Helen Wallace J. H. H. Weiler Jan Zielonka

Prologue THE FISCHER DEBATE: THE BRIGHT SIDE The Speech: VOM STAATENVERBUND ZUR FÖDERATION: GEDANKEN ÜBER DIE FINALITÄT DER EUROPÄISCHEN INTEGRATION/FROM CONFEDERACY TO FEDERATION: THOUGHTS ON THE FINALITY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION/DE LA CONFÉDÉRATION À LA FÉDÉRATION: RÉFLEXION SUR LA FINALITÉ DE LINTÉGRATION EUROPÉENNE Speech by Joschka Fischer at the Humboldt University in Berlin, 12 May 2000 Comments: Tanja A. Börzel and Thomas Risse WHO IS AFRAID OF A EUROPEAN FEDERATION? HOW TO CONSTITUTIONALISE A MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE SYSTEM Klaus von Beyme FISCHERS GRIFF NACH EINER EUROPÄISCHEN VERFASSUNG FISCHER'S MOVE TOWARDS A EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION Charles Leben FÉDÉRATION D'ETATS-NATIONS OU ÉTAT FÉDÉRAL? A FEDERATION OF NATION-STATES OR A FEDERAL STATE? Giuliano Amato UN COEUR FORT POUR LEUROPE/A STRONG HEART FOR EUROPE Agustín José Menéndez ANOTHER VIEW OF THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT: NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION Helen Wallace POSSIBLE FUTURES FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION: A BRITISH REACTION Jan Zielonka ENLARGEMENT AND THE FINALITY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION Johan P. Olsen HOW, THEN, DOES ONE GET THERE? Iulia Motoc EUROPE AND ITS TELEOLOGY: IS THERE A CENTRAL-EASTERN VISION? Renaud Dehousse REDISCOVERING FUNCTIONALISM M. Rainer Lepsius DIE EUROPÄISCHE UNION ALS HERRSCHAFTSVERBAND EIGENER PRÄGUNG/THE EUROPEAN UNION AS A SOVEREIGNTY ASSOCIATION OF A SPECIAL NATURE Dietmar Nickel MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES OF THE ENLARGED EUROPEAN UNION Epilogue: FISCHER: THE DARK SIDE J.H.H. Weiler Bibliography List of Contributors