Greening the EU: National positions in the run‐up to the Amsterdam treaty

‘Green’ positions in EU environmental policy, as represented particularly by Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark as well as the new member states Sweden, Finland and Austria, vary. An analytical distinction between pushers and forerunners in EU environmental policy forms the basis for an investigation into the ‘self‐perception’ of the ‘green’ member states and for a detailed assessment of the national positions of the six countries with regard to environmental issues in the preparatory phase of the Amsterdam Treaty. Although the six ‘forerunners’ are often grouped together, differences among them are considerable and had an impact also on their input to the Treaty revision.

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