| Description |
1 online resource (7 pages) |
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Egmont policy brief ; 282 |
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Egmont policy brief ; 282
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| Summary |
In 2022, after the bloody invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, the new European security architecture that the EU (and NATO) tried to build after the end of the cold war has been profoundly shaken. Even if the war in Ukraine is still ongoing, it is time to prepare public opinion in the EU to this new approach to enlargement policy - starting with the fulfillment of the promises we made to the Western Balkans countries as early as in 2003 at the Thessaloniki summit. Looking also where the enlargement of the EU should end, in order to restore as best as possible 'stability' on the continent, the aim of the European project from the start. The basic premise that has to be kept in mind from the outset, is that the launching of the European community, its transformation into a Union, and its step by step enlargement, contrary to what Vladimir Putin pretends, has nothing to do with imperialism - nor a secret American plot to prolong or revive the cold war. It aims only at reinforcing the stability of the continent. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate this premise through the history of EU enlargement, and to look at how future steps in this direction could make this happen |
| Notes |
"July 2022." |
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Online resource; title from PDF cover page (Egmont Institute, viewed July 17, 2022) |
| Subject |
European Union -- Membership.
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| SUBJECT |
European Union fast |
| Subject |
Security, International -- Europe -- International cooperation
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Membership requirements
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Egmont - Royal Institute for International Relations, publisher.
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