LONG, David <br/><br/>
The European Union and the Ottawa Process to ban landmines 

 -  June 2002 
<br/><br/> This paper address the reason why the Eu had such a great deal of trouble committing to the Ottawa Process to ban landmines. Though a number of Eu member states were key proponents of a comprehensive ban, the 1997 Joint Action, the EU restricted the transfer and production of anti-personnel mines but not their use or stockipiling, despite the fact that all but one of the member states were prepared of already had banned the weapons outright.The paper argues that and intergovernmental explanation of the agreement on the 1997 Joint Action requires in account of the Europeanizing influence of regular EU meetings, the role of the Council presidency, and the relative transparecy of intra-EU negotiations. The paper describes European involvement in the campaign to ban anti-personnel mines and the reasons w2hy landmines were and issue in the CFSP; explains the development of EU policy on the landmines ban up to and including the 1997 Joint Action; and concludes with the implications of this analysis for the EU's ability to act on complex foreign and security policy issues 
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