EU Enlargement Policy Towards the Western Balkans: State Actors, Interests and Strategies

Outeda Celso Cancela (), González Paula Lamoso () and Troitiño David Ramiro ()
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Outeda Celso Cancela: Ph.D. is a Professor at Faculty of Social Science and Communication, Vigo University. Spain
González Paula Lamoso: Ph.D. is a Researcher at Faculty of Social Science and Communication, Vigo University. Spain
Troitiño David Ramiro: Ph.D. is a senior lecturer at Faculty of Law, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

European Studies - The Review of European Law, Economics and Politics, 2020, vol. 7, issue 1, 296-324

Abstract: While the current EU Commission has shown a clear commitment to Western Balkans Enlargement, member states are divided. Germany and France, the two biggest EU member states have opposite views, whereas Germany is clearly in favour, France has its cpncerns. Throughout this article we assess the advantages (to enhance the geopolitical power of the EU) but also the challenges that this enlargement process entails (EU internal instability due to lack of rule of law). We conclude that differentiated integration could be the best option in finding a common agreement between the ones that support and the ones that oppose further EU enlargement by ensuring the EU influence in the region at the same time that it reduces the possible risks of internally weakening the EU.

Keywords: enlargement; differentiated integration; Western Balkans; Germany; France (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/eustu-2022-0059

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