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.

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. Now that enlargement has taken place, it is easier to discuss migration objectively.

Nor should today s uncertainties become an excuse to call into question the need to continue and complete the process of EU enlargement.

On May 1, 2004, I celebrated EU enlargement with my students.

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

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

Both NATO and the EU have been forced to redefine how they function and rethink their purposes after a dual process of enlargement.

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.

The process of enlargement will either be delayed or stopped completely, because the EU can no longer admit new members on the basis of the Nice constitution.

The 2004 European Union (EU) enlargement stimulated useful exchanges of information but full harmonization was considered difficult.

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

The EU can continue muddle along with its one size fits all policy of enlargement lite in the region.

Instead, EU enlargement is being carried out according to what might be described as the principle of asymmetrical integration.

Ten countries joined the fifth enlargement of the European Union (EU) in 2004, having fulfilled the Copenhagen Criteria that contribute to institutionalizing EU standards for governance and public administration.

If Europe's social market model is to survive enlargement, it must find a way to expand eastward with the EU.

The Commission s own report on Turkey, prepared by Günter Verheugen, who was then in charge of EU enlargement, shaped my decision.

Since the enlargement of the EU large numbers of migrant workers have arrived in the Netherlands from central and eastern Europe.

British leeriness about giving up the EU rebate in the face of what is perceived as French egoism is equally understandable despite the fact that this stance harms the enlargement process, which Great Britain otherwise supports.

Enlargement was traditionally viewed as an area where national interests would be more readily set aside than in conventional EU settings the normative dimension of the process seemed to demand a more community oriented approach to decision making.

The most recent stage of EU enlargement last May added millions of Roma from the new member states of Central and Eastern Europe.

If the EU continues to be governed under the Treaty of Nice, there will be no room for further political integration or enlargement.

The EU bet here is that, on the back of Croatia s accession, the enlargement logjam in the western Balkans will finally be broken.

In this respect, Syria and Iran appreciate Turkey s EU membership process.

The enlargement of NATO and the EU has embraced a dozen or so states in Central and Eastern Europe and in the western Balkans.

The process of enlargement will either be delayed or stopped completely, because the EU can no longer admit new members on the basis of the Nice constitution. The price will first be paid in the Balkans, and then by Turkey.

In fact, enlargement fatigue has been the dominant feature of EU relations with the western Balkan states and explains why the accession process has been flat lining along a path of frozen negotiations and mutual mistrust toward an increasingly uncertain destination.

EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Štefan Füle insists that enlargement is progressing, but the western Balkans remains a fragile region, defined by mutually antagonistic nationalisms, incomplete state formation, deep and pervasive patterns of corruption, and endemic economic mismanagement.

There is ample evidence from earlier enlargement rounds of the transformative power of the EU to democratize and Europeanize states in advance of their accessions.

Britain has continued to support EU enlargement, closer links with Turkey, and development in Africa, but it has not launched any creative initiatives to bring other member states along or change the terms of the EU debate.

On the contrary, it should finalize further enlargement the economic crisis has clearly demonstrated that the EU cannot afford black holes on the map of Europe.

It is also experiencing a profound economic crisis, which erupted around the same time that the Lisbon Treaty aimed at accommodating EU enlargement was finally approved.

Olli Rehn, EU Enlargement Commissioner, has stated that if Serbia and Montenegro continue to fail to hand over Karadžić and Mladić, those talks could be suspended.

Enlargement fatigue entered the European political lexicon in the wake of the dramatic failures of the French and Dutch referenda on the EU Constitutional Treaty in 2005.

The EU accession process has also underpinned a shift in Turkish policy on Iraq.

Following the enlargement of the European Union, thirteen Republican organizations from all the monarchies of the EU on 1 May 2004, sent a petition to the European Parliament.

Problems of Security Council enlargement

2002 European Union enlargement, Brussels.

It can reinvigorate the spirit of earlier enlargement rounds, or it can succumb to enlargement fatigue.

The EU can continue muddle along with its one size fits all policy of enlargement lite in the region. Or it can work harder to turn balancers into joiners.

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.

Surveys indicate that the Irish are strong supporters of EU membership and the integration process.

France never engaged enthusiastically in the enlargement process, while the creation of the euro led to serious Franco German tensions between1993 and 1999.

Nonetheless, the process of revitalizing the Organization will remain incomplete until we are able to agree on the enlargement of the Security Council.

It is unworkable, and should thus be unthinkable, to try to export the solutions used in Eastern Europe, which were based on importing EU legislation with a view to enlargement.