Challenges and Barriers to the European Union Expansion to the Balkan Region

2022 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Balkan Region ◽  
European Union Expansion

German Policy towards EU Enlargement

2015 ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
F. Basov
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Eu Enlargement ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Eastern Partnership ◽  
Western Balkan Region ◽  
Balkan Region ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Eu

This article is dedicated to the German policy towards the EU enlargement. Its history as well as the current German policy towards prospective enlargements are analyzed in this paper. The article offers party-political and sociological analysis of Germany`s attitude towards the EU enlargement, also the reasons for it are determined. FRG supported all of the European Community and European Union enlargements. This line is being continued, but nowadays only step to step approach is being supported. Germany‘s motives to the EU enlargement are based on the liberal concept of the common security. The main goals of this policy are the including of European countries into the Western community of developed countries (the EU), the extension of the stability and security area. The economic integration is also very important for Germany. The key priority of the EU enlargement is the Western Balkan region (the so called “Europeanisation” of Western Balkans). This process is being supported by political elites of the region and by the European Union itself. It is recognized, that the Europeanisation of Western Balkans was used as a sample for the Eastern Partnership Program. Without consideration of the Russian factor, though, this strategy towards the post-Soviet countries has many weaknesses. But the EU-membership for the Eastern Partnership members is not excluded.

The question of an alternative to the EU membership of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 169-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muamer Hirkić
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Development Models ◽  
Eu Membership ◽  
Western Balkan Region ◽  
Balkan Region ◽  
The Eu

In a recent survey conducted by the Directorate for European Integration in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it appears that 43.6% of respondents believe that there is an alternative to the European Union (EU) membership. The survey was conducted by using the Computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) method, on a sample that is representative for the entire country. Therefore, this article will explore the possibility of pursuing foreign policy that is geared towards several geopolitical centres and implications for the country. Primarily, this refers to alternative development models offered by international actors such as China, Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Although the EU often emphasises commitment to the Western Balkan region, both internal and external processes are becoming heavily politicised. In this regard, the author will also attempt to examine some of these processes and the main stakeholders (both in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union), who could stall the future European integration.

scholarly journals PERANAN UNI EROPA MELALUI PROGRAM IPA (INSTRUMEN PRE-ACCESSION ASSISTANCE) DALAM MEMBANGUN PEREKONOMIAN KOSOVO

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-145
Author(s):  
Miranti Purnamasari
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Balkan Region ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Do So

The problem of this research is how the European Union is a regional organization that is in the European region, has a policy of enlargement, which is a policy where the EU is trying to expand the area of cooperation to do so will be more extensive. Balkan region did not escape the attention of Europe. for this region, the European Union issued a Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP) which merupaka a policy that contains the promise of the EU to the Western Balkan countries for the opportunity to become a member. That's why Kosovo had finally become part of the SAP. After becoming a part of SAP, Kosovo received assistance from the EU as a potential candidate candidate. Program assistance provided by the EU is the IPA program which is a program set up to create a single framework to assist candidate countries and potential countries to join the EU premises. Through this IPA, the EU provides financial assistance to Kosovo to build its economy. This type of research is qualitative. The method used is descriptive analysis techniques. Most of the data collected through literature, as well as the search website. The results of this study indicate that the funds provided by the European Union through the IPA program provided through economy of Kosovo has been quite successful with demonstrated through improvements to the economy of Kosovo, the provision of this assistance has resulted in significant improvements in economic growth and development of Kosovo.

scholarly journals European Union’s enlargement fatigue: Russia’s and China’s rise in Southeast Europe?

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Markovic Khaze
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Eu Enlargement ◽  
Policy Option ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
Business Elites ◽  
Balkan Region ◽  
External Powers ◽  
The Eu

Enlargement fatigue has descended upon the European Union (EU) institutions, which remain focused on resolving the Brexit crisis and ongoing internal reforms. This multi-faceted phenomenon has directly caused the so-called accession fatigue in potential EU members, which are increasingly turning to other geopolitical alternatives. Russia and China are the new dominant powerbrokers in the EU’s immediate neighbourhood, courting political and business elites in EU candidate states and offering an alternative foreign policy option which contrasts with the stalled EU enlargement process. This paper discusses the rise of these external powers in the EU’s immediate neighbourhood, suggesting three scenarios for the future of the Balkan region where the EU, Russia and China are more vigorously vying for influence than ever before.

On the Politics ofImidž: European Integration and the Trials of Recognition in Postconflict Macedonia

Slavic Review ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 835-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Graan
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Social Imaginary ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Neoliberal Reform ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
International Image ◽  
European Union Expansion

This article examines how a discourse on international image animated Macedonian politics following the country's 2001 conflict and how it reflected a broader cultural politics of European Union expansion. Contrasting with the continual deferral of recognition that characterized European integration in Macedonia, the Macedonian discourse on image(imidž)anchored a social imaginary where a national project of marketing could facilitate Macedonia's accession into the European Union and concretize its belonging to "Europe." The analysis developed here centers on the ambivalences in this discourse and the practices it authorized. By incorporating both orientalist distinctions and key concepts from the European Union's own process of integration, the discourse of imidž supported the neoliberal reform associated with Macedonia's postconflict restructuring and European integration. But the discourse on imidž also provided Macedonian political actors with an idiom in which to imagine, respond to, and capitalize on the larger political forces engendered by discursive constructs of Europe and the international community.

The Copenhagen Criteria and the Road to the Balkan Region

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Bruno Ferreira Costa ◽  
Pedro Figueira
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Critical Dimension ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Road ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Balkan Region ◽  
Common Effort ◽  
Balkan States

The affirmation and consolidation of the European project is based on a common effort to expand the domains and territorial dimension of the European Union. The different enlargement processes have been fulfilling political, economic, and geographical objectives and goals; however, the last few years have been marked by uncertainty regarding the calendar of accession processes for the Balkan States. If for some authors and political actors it is undeniable that the future will lead to an expansion of the European Union to this region, others warn of the ungovernability associated with moving forward without consolidating decision-making processes. This chapter aims to revisit the accession criteria (Copenhagen Criteria) and the current situation of candidate and potential candidate countries in the Balkan region in a critical dimension on the importance of these criteria for European democracy.

scholarly journals Types of Migration: The Motivations, Composition, and Early Integration Patterns of “New Migrants” in Europe

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 368-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee Luthra ◽  
Lucinda Platt ◽  
Justyna Salamońska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Early Integration ◽  
Unique Data ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Polish Migrants ◽  
European Union Expansion

Applying latent class analysis to a unique data source of 3,500 Polish migrants in Western Europe, we develop a new typology of Polish migrants under “free movement” following the 2004 expansion of the European Union. We characterize these diverse migrant types in terms of their premigration characteristics and link them to varied early social and economic integration outcomes. We show that alongside traditional circular and temporary labor migration, European Union expansion has given rise to new migrant types who are driven by experiential concerns, resulting in a more complex relationship between their economic and social integration in destination countries.

The process of reconciliation between Serbia and Kosovo and the international legal strategies of the EU States, the USA, and Russia(with particular emphasis on the activities of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers)

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-125
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Andrzejczak-Świątek
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Balkan Region ◽  
Legal Strategies ◽  
The Eu

The aim of this article is to analyse the international legal and political process of reconciliation between Serbia and Kosovo in terms of its impact on the scope of development directions and strategies of the European Union countries as well as Russia and the USA. Particular emphasis was placed on the treatment of these issues in the light of the activities of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor’s Office. The main theses assumed for the purposes of this article are as follows: firstly, that the policy of reconciliation between Serbia and Kosovo is multidimensional, including the necessity of the process of international criminal liability for the crimes committed by both states, while at the same time influencing the dilemmas of the development directions of individual European countries, but also of the European Union and the United States. In addition, the legal and political stabilization of the Balkan region, especially in the context of relations between Kosovo and Serbia, and the possibility of cooperation with these states as part of intergovernmental international organizations, is strategically extremely important for the EU, the USA, as well as for Russia. The Author critically analyses issues using polemics with the standpoint presented in the doctrine of the subject as well as interpreting selected instruments of international law and Kosovo’s national law. The deliberations resulted in conclusions as to the determinants in terms of the directions of the legal and political development of the EU and Russia resulting from the complicated process of reconciliation and mutual settlement of sins by Serbia and Kosovo.

scholarly journals Labour immigration and union strength

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henning Finseraas ◽  
Marianne Røed ◽  
Pål Schøne
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Behaviour ◽  
Market Effects ◽  
Cheap Labour ◽  
Supply Shock ◽  
Labour Immigration ◽  
European Union Expansion ◽  
Potential Challenge

Is labour mobility in the European Union a threat to the strength of unions? We argue that the combination of cheap labour, workforce heterogeneity and low unionisation among labour immigrants is a potential challenge for unions. The challenge will be severe if immigration affects natives’ unionisation. We use Norwegian administrative data in a natural experiment framework to examine this claim. The 2004 European Union expansion led to a rapid increase in labour migration to the building and construction industry, but licensing demands protected some workers from the labour supply shock. We show negative labour market effects for workers exposed to labour immigration, but no effect on union membership. Our results question theories of unionisation and are relevant for research on immigration, political behaviour and collective action.

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