Edited by Tove H. Malloy, Professor of European Studies, Department of European and International Law, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany and External Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark and Balázs Vizi, Research Professor, Institute for Minority Studies, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungary and Associate Professor, Department of International Law, University of Public Service, Hungary

• Contents:1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Minority Politics in theEuropean Union 1Tove H. Malloy and Balázs ViziPART I THE POLITICS OF THE ACQUIS COMMUNAUTAIRE2 The Treaties and minority rights 16Rainer Hofmann and Moritz Malkmus3 Fundamental rights and racial and cultural minorities in the EU: carvingout a mandate to protect ‘Others’ 38Kyriaki Topidi4 Fundamental rights and non-EU minorities: from an ambiguous conceptto an integrated society? 62Roberta Medda-Windischer and Katharina Crepaz5 The Court of Justice of the European Union and ‘minorities’ 84Kristin Henrard6 European Union law and international minority rights law 112Norbert TóthPART II THE POLITICS OF DECISION-MAKING ANDPOLICY-MAKING7 The European Parliament, the Council and the European Council 128Noémi Nagy and Balázs Vizi8 The European Commission and minority rights 144Tawhida Ahmed9 Enlargement and minority politics: the unravelling of the EU’stransformative power? 162Tove H. Malloy10 The democratization efforts 190Petra Lea LáncosPART III THE POLITICS OF DIVERSITY11 Linguistic diversity and language rights 211Jose Ramón Intxaurbe Vitorica and Eduardo Ruiz Vieytez12 The cultural policy of the European Union 230Miklós Király13 European Union Roma policy: under construction 250Melanie H. RamPART IV THE POLITICS OF COHESION14 European Union regional policy and national minorities 272Tamara Hoch15 Between dynamic practice and normative limits: minorities anddebordering processes in the European Union 289Alice Engl16 Special territories in the European Union 309Maria Ackrén17 Problem territories and internal peace: minority nations and ‘internalenlargement’ in the European Union 330Tove H. MalloyPART V THE POLITICS OF EXTERNAL ACTION18 Minority rights and European Union conditionality in the WesternBalkans: from external to internal politics? 347Maria Dicosola19 The ‘near abroad’: the European Union, minority rights and the Easternneighbourhood 365Graham Donnelly and Federica Prina20 The European Union and global development cooperation: promotingminority rights? 398Laia Pau Romaní and Joshua CastellinoIndex

Edited by Tove H. Malloy, Professor of European Studies, Department of European and International Law, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany and External Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark and Balázs Vizi, Research Professor, Institute for Minority Studies, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungary and Associate Professor, Department of International Law, University of Public Service, Hungary

• Contents:1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Minority Politics in theEuropean Union 1Tove H. Malloy and Balázs ViziPART I THE POLITICS OF THE ACQUIS COMMUNAUTAIRE2 The Treaties and minority rights 16Rainer Hofmann and Moritz Malkmus3 Fundamental rights and racial and cultural minorities in the EU: carvingout a mandate to protect ‘Others’ 38Kyriaki Topidi4 Fundamental rights and non-EU minorities: from an ambiguous conceptto an integrated society? 62Roberta Medda-Windischer and Katharina Crepaz5 The Court of Justice of the European Union and ‘minorities’ 84Kristin Henrard6 European Union law and international minority rights law 112Norbert TóthPART II THE POLITICS OF DECISION-MAKING ANDPOLICY-MAKING7 The European Parliament, the Council and the European Council 128Noémi Nagy and Balázs Vizi8 The European Commission and minority rights 144Tawhida Ahmed9 Enlargement and minority politics: the unravelling of the EU’stransformative power? 162Tove H. Malloy10 The democratization efforts 190Petra Lea LáncosPART III THE POLITICS OF DIVERSITY11 Linguistic diversity and language rights 211Jose Ramón Intxaurbe Vitorica and Eduardo Ruiz Vieytez12 The cultural policy of the European Union 230Miklós Király13 European Union Roma policy: under construction 250Melanie H. RamPART IV THE POLITICS OF COHESION14 European Union regional policy and national minorities 272Tamara Hoch15 Between dynamic practice and normative limits: minorities anddebordering processes in the European Union 289Alice Engl16 Special territories in the European Union 309Maria Ackrén17 Problem territories and internal peace: minority nations and ‘internalenlargement’ in the European Union 330Tove H. MalloyPART V THE POLITICS OF EXTERNAL ACTION18 Minority rights and European Union conditionality in the WesternBalkans: from external to internal politics? 347Maria Dicosola19 The ‘near abroad’: the European Union, minority rights and the Easternneighbourhood 365Graham Donnelly and Federica Prina20 The European Union and global development cooperation: promotingminority rights? 398Laia Pau Romaní and Joshua CastellinoIndex

Edited by Tove H. Malloy, Professor of European Studies, Department of European and International Law, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany and External Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark and Balázs Vizi, Research Professor, Institute for Minority Studies, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungary and Associate Professor, Department of International Law, University of Public Service, Hungary

• Contents:1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Minority Politics in theEuropean Union 1Tove H. Malloy and Balázs ViziPART I THE POLITICS OF THE ACQUIS COMMUNAUTAIRE2 The Treaties and minority rights 16Rainer Hofmann and Moritz Malkmus3 Fundamental rights and racial and cultural minorities in the EU: carvingout a mandate to protect ‘Others’ 38Kyriaki Topidi4 Fundamental rights and non-EU minorities: from an ambiguous conceptto an integrated society? 62Roberta Medda-Windischer and Katharina Crepaz5 The Court of Justice of the European Union and ‘minorities’ 84Kristin Henrard6 European Union law and international minority rights law 112Norbert TóthPART II THE POLITICS OF DECISION-MAKING ANDPOLICY-MAKING7 The European Parliament, the Council and the European Council 128Noémi Nagy and Balázs Vizi8 The European Commission and minority rights 144Tawhida Ahmed9 Enlargement and minority politics: the unravelling of the EU’stransformative power? 162Tove H. Malloy10 The democratization efforts 190Petra Lea LáncosPART III THE POLITICS OF DIVERSITY11 Linguistic diversity and language rights 211Jose Ramón Intxaurbe Vitorica and Eduardo Ruiz Vieytez12 The cultural policy of the European Union 230Miklós Király13 European Union Roma policy: under construction 250Melanie H. RamPART IV THE POLITICS OF COHESION14 European Union regional policy and national minorities 272Tamara Hoch15 Between dynamic practice and normative limits: minorities anddebordering processes in the European Union 289Alice Engl16 Special territories in the European Union 309Maria Ackrén17 Problem territories and internal peace: minority nations and ‘internalenlargement’ in the European Union 330Tove H. MalloyPART V THE POLITICS OF EXTERNAL ACTION18 Minority rights and European Union conditionality in the WesternBalkans: from external to internal politics? 347Maria Dicosola19 The ‘near abroad’: the European Union, minority rights and the Easternneighbourhood 365Graham Donnelly and Federica Prina20 The European Union and global development cooperation: promotingminority rights? 398Laia Pau Romaní and Joshua CastellinoIndex