Download or read book Leadership in the Big Bangs of European Integration written by D. Beach and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of the major treaty reforms over the past two decades, to consider whether the path from the Single European Act in 1985 to the present Constitutional Treaty has been pushed by the Franco-German tandem, or has been the result of leadership provided the Commission or smaller member states.