The paper addresses the uncertain future of transatlantic relations in light of the EU enlargement on 1 May 2004. Although it is clear that the US supports an ever wider EU, and the stability and security it implies for Europe and the countries on its periphery, it is not so clear that the US...

The study assesses the institutional performances of the European Parliament during the period between the coming into force of the Maastricht treaty and summer 1998. On the basis of the statistical and quantitative approach, it proves the time-effectiveness of Parliament's legislative work...