The process of European enlargement is a historic one. Its significance and importance are hard to describe in words and no pertinent policy paper or analysis would be able to cover all its dimensions.
The process is not about moral duties towards poorer neighbours or bigger markets. Nor is it about cheap labour. European enlargement is part of the dream, the idea of a united Europe that the founding fathers of the EU initiated after WWII. This concept of unity is as important for the ...
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