Keynote Article: Questions of Europe - The Domestic Politics of the 2005 French and Dutch Referendums and their Challenge for the Study of European Integration^*

PAUL TAGGART,

PAUL TAGGART

University of Sussex

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PAUL TAGGART,

PAUL TAGGART

University of Sussex

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First published: 17 August 2006

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5965.2006.00641.x

Citations: 43

I would like to thank the editors for their help in preparing this article. In addition I would like to extend my thanks to Tim Bale, James Hampshire, Robert Harmsen, Francis McGowan and Sally Marthaler for assistance and advice on an earlier draft and for ideas and help.

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