Border Countries in an Enlarging Union: Some Reflections based on the Italian Experience. CEPS Policy Brief No. 14, March 2002

Pastore, Ferruccio. (2002) Border Countries in an Enlarging Union: Some Reflections based on the Italian Experience. CEPS Policy Brief No. 14, March 2002. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

[From the Introduction]. In order to understand the Italian perspective – or rather the Italian perspectives – on the shift eastward of EU external borders, it is useful, if not necessary, to anticipate briefly a few schematic concepts about the meaning of borders in Italian history. This will enable us to achieve a better understanding of current Italian attitudes in the European debate on border management issues in the framework of the enlargement process. But a rapid overview on the recent transformation of the nature and function of borders in the Italian case will also allow us to draw some tentative lessons for the ongoing enlargement process in the field of Justice and Home Affairs.

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