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| Title: |
Ambiguity as a remedy for the EU's eastward enlargement? |
| Author: |
Zielonka, Jan |
| Appeared in: |
Cambridge review of international affairs |
| Paging: | Volume 12 (1998) nr. 1 pages 14-29 |
| Year: |
1998 |
| Contents: |
This paper examines the European Union's policy on eastward enlargement. It focuses on the aims, schedule, and institutional implications of the enlargement policy. The admission criteria for Central and East European applicant countries are analysed, and the relationship between the enlargement of NATO and that of the EU is examined. The evidence presented shows that behind the EU's projected image of having a well-designed blueprint for enlargement, there is a considerable degree of uncertainty and ambiguity. The Union has been unable to develop a strategic design for European policy and as a consequence its enlargement policy is primarily accidental. Ambiguity makes it difficult for the Union's policy makers to garner sufficient public support for the enlargement project. Ambiguity also facilitates the assertion of parochial and sectarian interests over broader strategic considerations. Moreover, it hampers communication between the Union and the applicant countries. As a result the enlargement policy may well fall victim to public apathy, political opportunism, and moral indifference. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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