ABSTRACT
The Madrid Declaration had argued for a new balance in the EU that would result in a European integration where ‘economic and monetary integration takes place in a political framework aimed at social development, employment generation and environmental protection’ (PES, 1995b, p. 2). It then called for the new treaty to reflect this new balance by putting employment, social and environmental policy goals on the same level as economic and monetary integration (PES, 1995b, p. 2). The aim of this chapter is to highlight the extent to which the PES was able to exert influence over the final Treaty of Amsterdam and thus over the process of integration: a crucial aspect of Europeanization.
