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