Continuity and Change in the European Integration Process

This collection of essays contains essays of friends and colleagues in honour of Günther Schäfer, who retired in 2003.
The political change in Europe between 1985 and 2003 has been dramatic, as has the political change in the integration process, when considering the successive enlargements of the present Union and the amendments introduced by the Single European Act (1986) up to the Nice Treaty.
The contributions in this collection cover various topics. Some of the contributions directly concern institutional issues and comitology (Christine Neuhold, Alexander Türk and Torbjörn Larsson), while others deal with economic issues and the relationship between the European Union and Switzerland (Klaus Gretschmann and Dieter Freiburghaus). The contribution of Heinrich Siedentopf represents the long-standing cooperation between EIPA and the Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften in Speyer in the organisation of training in European affairs for German Länder officials. The other contributions (Christoph Demmke, Christian Engel and Gaston Stronck) reflect the EU's development in the field of (foreign) policy as well as the effects of the integration process on the public administrations of the Member States and the implementation of Community law. Finally, Robert Polet briefly describes the history and development of the European Institute of Public Administration.