The Barcelona Process aims to create a free trade area between the EU and its Mediterranean neighbours by 2010. This article uses two-level game theory to analyse the negotiations leading to the signature of the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements. It argues that conflicts of interests...

Italy has experienced a double political phenomenon ove r the last few decades: a transfer of powers to a supranational entity like the EU and a move towards regional autonomy. This paper aims to evaluate how policy competences are attributed to and exercised by the European, national and...