The Enlargement has been on the EEC/EU agenda all along its history and was believed to be its “most successful” policy. Although enlargement policy was built on values and rules, geopolitics have traditionally been a strong driving force behind it, while tension between widening and deepening has always been present. The fifth enlargement was instrumentalised by […]
The new report of ELIAMEP’s South-East Europe Programme outlines the current state of play in the EU accession process of the Western Balkan states and the Greek Presidency’s initiatives and activities for the region. The report finds that, despite low expectations due to the Greek economic drama and enlargement fatigue, the fifth Greek EU Presidency engaged […]
Στο Ενημερωτικό Σημείωμα 19/2013 η Δρ Φιλίππα Χατζησταύρου, ερευνήτρια του ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ και εξωτερική συνεργάτις του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών αναλύει τις νομικές προκλήσεις της ένταξης της Κροατίας στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση. Μεταξύ άλλων, εστιάζει στις τάσεις της κοινής γνώμης και εξηγεί τις διαφοροποιήσεις που έχουν παρατηρητηθεί.
The fierce rivalry between the two largest Albanian parties has marred the country’s image and has slowed down Albania’s EU accession process. As the European Union continues to monitor the Democrats’ and the Socialists’ efforts to hammer out a deal to improve Albania’s electoral system, another political confrontation seems to be developing. The simmering new […]
Paper published by Janis A. Emmanouilidis, Stavros Costopoulos Research Fellow at ELIAMEP, and Ruby Gropas, Research Fellow at ELIAMEP, in Think Global – Act European (TGAE): The Contribution of European Think Tanks to the French, Czech and Swedish Trio Presidencies of the European Union, Paris 2008. The report is the outcome of a project directed by Notre […]
The “cost of enlargement” and its distribution among Member States are the most sensitive and controversial issue in the enlargement exercise. Predictably the budgetary cost and, more precisely, the cost for the EU budget is at the center of the debate. Enlargement-related strains on the budget could upset delicate equilibria among Member States, while they […]
