The greatest success of Europe s external policy has been EU enlargement.

I support EU enlargement.

The Challenges Of EU Enlargement

EU enlargement takes time while Nato enlargement is relatively speedy.

Public sentiment towards EU enlargement is negative.

The EU u0027s Next Priority After Enlargement?

Enlargement of the EU to include Central Europe?

Currently we cannot speak of further EU enlargement.

EU enlargement marks the beginning of a new era.

But EU enlargement alone will not do the trick.

Otherwise, it is difficult to imagine further EU enlargement.

Is it benefiting all EU countries, and will it persist as EU enlargement proceeds?

Politicizing EU Competition Policy

So, as enlargement approaches, the EU faces a cross roads.

EU enlargement is the greatest political task of our generation.

Is enlargement the only effective policy of stabilization and peace?

Much sets us apart EU enlargement, agriculture, and domestic market issues.

Further EU enlargement is undoubtedly in Turkey s interest, and in Europe s, too.

One danger of the recent setbacks is a halt to EU enlargement.

Neither putative EU membership nor today s favorable security conditions justify postponing enlargement.

Enlargement will make Russia an even more important partner for the EU.

The Balkan wars and their consequences have overtaken the EU's enlargement policy.

We meet with a clear task to decide on enlargement of the EU.

Yet, from a French perspective, eastward enlargement of the EU augments Germany's weight.

Only a few years ago EU and NATO enlargement were regarded as wild dreams.

However, the EU Treaty recognizes public policy exceptions.

There is something fundamentally wrong with EU policy.

After bruising enlargement negotiations and internal differences over Iraq, and with similar divisions surrounding the new EU constitution and the common European foreign and defense policy, one might well think just that. Public opinion polls also show a dramatic decline in support for enlargement within the current EU member states.

On the basis of a broad notion of security and stability, EU enlargement is every bit as important as deepening the EU.

In spite of official declarations to the contrary, EU enlargement is not considered a real priority.

There is now a striking asymmetry in the process of institutional adaptation necessary for EU enlargement.

Policy coherence within the EU must also be improved.

Such unintended consequences pervade EU competition policy as well.

Policy coherence within the EU must also be improved.

Before enlargement, it was politically incorrect to discuss possible waves of migration to the West, as EU politicians saw this as an obstacle to the enlargement process.

It is high time that EU institutions address more seriously the challenges and opportunities posed by enlargement.

The EU will, instead, need a large, managed immigration policy.

NATO enlargement would

After bruising enlargement negotiations and internal differences over Iraq, and with similar divisions surrounding the new EU constitution and the common European foreign and defense policy, one might well think just that.

The new populist and nationalist parties are suspicious of Europe in general, and of EU enlargement in particular.

EU enlargement brought greater prosperity, with living standards improving throughout the Union, particularly in the new member states.

Meanwhile, the security dimension of EU membership diminished in importance when the US opted for rapid NATO enlargement.

Public opinion polls also show a dramatic decline in support for enlargement within the current EU member states.

EU enlargement, with the prospect of increased cross national redistribution, thus exposes particularly thorny issues of European solidarity.

But substantial policy spillover across the EU justifies strengthened policy coordination for labor market and welfare reform.