Mulle, Emmanuel Dalle and Wedekind, Inge and Depoorter, Thomas and Maltby, Tomas and Sattich, Thomas (2013) EU Enlargement: Lessons from, and Prospects for. IES WORKING PAPER 3/2013. [Working Paper]
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Abstract
In 2009 the European Union (EU) reached a crucial moment in its history, in which the terms Europe and crisis became conjoined: the European sovereign-debt crisis, or Euro-crisis. Yet enlargement remains on the agenda, with the EU’s next enlargement starting on 1st July 2013 with the accession of Croatia, Iceland and FYROM looking set to follow in the near future, and probably other Western Balkan states and possibly Turkey in the long term. Enlargement therefore will soon come back into focus. Focusing on climate and energy security policy, this working paper first reflects upon the impact of the 2004/2007 enlargement on the EU. A reflection on the EU’s recent past with some of the lessons that can be learnt then follows, with a consideration that predictions of decision- and policy-making gridlock were not realised, that newer member states have proved influential, and that prospective member states cannot be expected to be passive nor impotent. The latter part of this paper evaluates the potential prospects and outcomes of these lessons with regard to future enlargement from within (Scotland and Catalonia), and without (Turkey), and the political factors which may dictate whether these possible enlargements are realised.
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Subjects for non-EU documents: | EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > energy policy (Including international arena) EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > environmental policy (including international arena) EU policies and themes > Treaty reform > enlargement |
Subjects for EU documents: | UNSPECIFIED |
EU Series and Periodicals: | UNSPECIFIED |
EU Annual Reports: | UNSPECIFIED |
Series: | Series > Institute for European Studies (Brussels) > Working Papers |
Depositing User: | Phil Wilkin |
Official EU Document: | No |
Language: | English |
Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2015 12:27 |
Number of Pages: | 39 |
Last Modified: | 12 Feb 2015 12:27 |
URI: | http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/60843 |
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