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In mid-2005, voters in France and the Netherlands rejected the EU’s draft constitutional treaty, partly motivated by fear that enlargement was going too fast and too far.
At stake in the debate about EU enlargement into the post-Soviet east is whether Western values will take root in those countries or whether they will drift into a gray zone from which they will sooner or later challenge the values and democratic ways of “Europe.”
Refusing to countenance a fresh eastward enlargement means that, at some point, those countries that are outside the EU will start to threaten the values that he holds dear.
Regionally, the three strands of the European order are unraveling: the US is seeking to reduce its investment in NATO, the EU is de-emphasizing enlargement, and the chaos in the Middle East and Ukraine is making a mockery of the European Neighborhood Policy.
For example, given so much uncertainty about the future state of Europe and the world, debating enlargement or the TTIP seems pointless – or worse, because even opening such discussions is certain to play into the hands of Euroskeptics.
During the heyday of enlargement, the goal was to deepen integration and broaden its reach across Europe.
Yes, the European Union’s enlargement since 2004 was preceded by NATO’s eastward expansion.
Enlargement of the EU to include Central Europe?
History, said Fischer, had long decided that enlargement would occur.
Because, after the Balkan wars it would be irresponsible to permit a zone of instability along EU frontiers, Germany favors enlargement without delay.
The EU’s enlargement into Eastern Europe was the biggest process of peaceful regime change in history.
Slovenia, which entered the eurozone in 2007, and Slovakia, which joined at the beginning of 2009 – just as the cresting financial crisis slammed shut the door to further euro enlargement – have enjoyed much greater financial stability than their untied neighbors.
It took the lead in Nato's eastward enlargement strategy and in adjusting Nato's military structures.
Making it to the EuroThe upcoming enlargement of the European Union in May is a major focus not only for governments in the acceding countries, but also for their central banks.
Even though actual enlargement of the eurozone remains in the relatively distant future - the earliest possible date being January 2007 - the accession countries must prepare their entry strategies well in advance.
The accession countries had to decide the optimal timing for eurozone enlargement - a difficult task, because economic theory gives no clear answers in this respect, and because several accession countries are wrestling with fiscal imbalances well above the Maastricht Treaty's ceiling of 3% of GDP.
The EU side, for its part, had to address the problem of how to balance fairness of treatment between old and new eurozone members with ensuring a smooth enlargement.
Even though many, including myself, do not see it as an optimal final solution, it is an important compromise that will allow eurozone enlargement to start.
The work done during 2003 brought eurozone enlargement much closer.
Some policymakers in Brussels and EU capitals increasingly view the prospect of EU enlargement into the Balkans with alarm.
Divided between the fear of a hasty enlargement and the fear of a slow one, European governments have begun losing influence across the Balkans, as the region’s leaders have started to doubt the sincerity of the EU’s commitment – and the need to pursue EU-mandated reforms.
Indeed, it was this principle that, once invoked to justify NATO enlargement in the 1990s, put the two sides on a collision course.
In an interview he gave to the New York Times in May 1998, he predicted that NATO enlargement would lead to a new Cold War.
NATO enlargement may have rendered the treaty’s detailed provisions obsolete, but its underlying approach – a transparent inspections regime that enforces limitations on the overall quantity and, crucially, the regional concentrations of ground forces – remains applicable today.
Both the Foreign and Defense Ministries wanted a drawn-out fight over America's withdrawal from the ABM Treaty and NATO enlargement.
The EU’s Small LeadersThe defeat of the EU’s Constitutional Treaty in referendums in France and the Netherlands has, it seems, given rise to a new consensus that further enlargement of the Union should be slowed down, or even stopped.
Advocates of this position see EU voters as terrified by the consequences of the May 2004 enlargement of the EU, when eight formerly communist states joined, and angry that they were not consulted about it.
First, there had already been a substantial flow of workers before enlargement.
It is a fairly simple matter to declare the enlargement of the Atlantic alliance with little risk involved for NATO’s members: no foreign power is in a position to threaten their territorial integrity.
Several questions must find answers before NATO’s enlargement should proceed.
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