Vol. 20 · No. 2 · Issue 63 · Summer 2002 · pp. 1-48 (48)
German and the Norms of European Governance

Ernst B. Haas, Sally Roever, and Anna Schmidt

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Abstract
Contemporary interstate relations in Europe are proclaimed by Europeans to be little short of ideal. Every nation and every state is told to behave toward others as do the states of the European Union. Inter-European relations, we are told, illustrate the norms to which everyone should aspire. Moreover, the same civilized rules of political behavior apply within each country. What are these norms?