The European Union and the Northern Ireland Peace Process (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics)

"This book examines the economic and political contributions of the EU to the Northern Ireland peace process, tracing the genesis of EU involvement since 1979 and analysing how it acted as an arena in which to foster dialogue and positive cooperation. Based on extensive archival research and exclusive elite interviews this volume provides the first comprehensive study of how the EU contributed to the reconfiguration of Northern Ireland from a site of conflict to a site of conflict amelioration and peace-building. The book demonstrates that the relationship between Northern Ireland and the EU has been much more significant in the peace process than previously suggested. Giada Lagana is an associate researcher at Cardiff University, UK. She holds a PhD in Political Science and Sociology from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her work has appeared in various peer reviewed journals such as Space and Polity, European Urban and Regional Studies, and Research Methods Cases in Politics & International Relations" (ed.) Foreword 7 Acknowledgments 10 Contents 12 About the Author 16 1 Introduction 17 1 The European Union and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland 17 2 The Debate on the EU’s Role in the Northern Ireland Peace Process 20 3 The European Union and Peacebuilding 24 4 Triangulation of Never-Before-Seen Archives and Oral Sources 28 5 Towards a More Systematic Historical and Theoretical Analysis 32 6 Chapters Outline 33 References 36 2 Metagoverning Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland 40 1 Introduction 40 2 Strategic Peacebuilding: An Overview 42 3 Strategic Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: Interdependent and Integrated 44 4 Peacebuilding Policy Networks 46 5 Metagovernance in the Field of Peacebuilding 49 6 Metagovernance as a Tool to Exercise Soft Power in a Pluricentric Context in Search for Peace 52 7 Putting It All Together: A Strategic-Relational Approach 54 8 Conclusion 56 References 59 3 The Genesis of the First European Union/Northern Ireland Peacebuilding Network 64 1 Introduction 64 2 The Interdependency Approach: The Formation of the First EU/Northern Ireland Policy Network 66 3 The European Union and the European Parliament Institutional Framework 68 4 The MEPs 69 5 Lobbying the European Parliament 72 6 John Hume MEP 74 7 The 1981 Martin Report 78 8 Debate Around the Martin Report 82 9 Conclusion 85 References 88 4 The 1984 Haagerup Report on the Situation in Northern Ireland 90 1 Introduction 90 2 The Haagerup Report: Attitudes and Public Resistance 92 3 The Haagerup Report: A Brief Historical Outline of the Northern Ireland Conflict 97 4 Northern Ireland: A Constitutional Oddity 101 5 Economic and Social Aspects of Northern Ireland 105 6 Exploring British Responses to the Haagerup Report 108 7 The Anglo-Irish Agreement and the International Fund for Ireland 111 8 Conclusion 113 References 117 5 EU Structural Funds Programmes on the Island of Ireland: Interreg and the Cross-Border Dimension 119 1 Introduction 119 2 The Institutional and Historical Background to Cooperation 121 3 The Single European Act and the European Single Market 125 4 The Implementation of Interreg I & II 129 5 Cross-Border Networks 131 6 Difficulties of Interreg I & II 134 7 The Cross-Border Dimension of the EU Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation: Lessons from Interreg 138 8 Conclusion 140 References 143 6 The European Union Programme for Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland 146 1 Introduction 146 2 Peace: A Challenging New Era 148 3 The Efforts of the 1994 Northern Ireland Task Force 150 4 The PEACE Package 154 5 The EP Debate on the Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland 157 6 PEACE I and the Partnership Principle 160 7 Difficulties of PEACE I 164 8 Conclusion 166 References 169 7 The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Cooperation and Peacebuilding in the Context of the New Institutions 172 1 Introduction 172 2 The New Institutional Setting for Cross-Border and Cross-Community Cooperation 174 3 Cross-Border Networks and Interreg III in the Context of the New Institutions 180 4 Peacebuilding Networks and PEACE II in the Context of the New Institutions 183 5 Difficulties of PEACE II and Interreg III 186 6 The Experience of the Northern Ireland Task Force in 2007 189 7 Conclusion 192 References 195 8 Conclusion 198 1 Introduction 198 2 Overview of the Issues 200 3 Metagoverning Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: A Strategic-Relational Heuristic 203 4 Implications for the Evolution of EU Peacebuilding 208 5 Conclusion 210 References 212 Appendices 216 Appendix A 216 List of Archival Documents Quoted in the Text 216 The Historical Archives of the European Parliament—Luxembourg (Historical Archives EP) 216 The National Archives of the UK (TNA) 218 Cabinet Papers (CJ) 218 Foreign Office Records (FCO) 219 Hugh Logue Personal Collection 219 Roberto Speciale Personal Collection 220 Notre Europe Institute Jacques Delors 220 Appendix B 220 List of Interviews 221 Index 222 Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introduction (Giada Lagana)....Pages 1-23 Metagoverning Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland (Giada Lagana)....Pages 25-48 The Genesis of the First European Union/Northern Ireland Peacebuilding Network (Giada Lagana)....Pages 49-74 The 1984 Haagerup Report on the Situation in Northern Ireland (Giada Lagana)....Pages 75-103 EU Structural Funds Programmes on the Island of Ireland: Interreg and the Cross-Border Dimension (Giada Lagana)....Pages 105-131 The European Union Programme for Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland (Giada Lagana)....Pages 133-158 The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Cooperation and Peacebuilding in the Context of the New Institutions (Giada Lagana)....Pages 159-184 Conclusion (Giada Lagana)....Pages 185-202 Back Matter ....Pages 203-211