A compilation of texts debating key issues confronting Europe in the late 1990s. Themes and topics include: European integration and enlargement (written prior to the 2004 accession of some former Eastern bloc countries), the consensus model in politics, the global status of Europe and the EU, Euro-skepticism and debates about a common currency, etc. With contributions by a wide range of theorists, politicians, public intellectuals, and commentators such as: Perry Anderson, Timothy Garton Ash, Jacques Attali, Peter Gowan, Jürgen Habermas, etc.