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European Enlargement

European Enlargement. Lecture: Feb 28 2006. Enlargement May 1 2004 Why did Europe decide to enlarge? Conditionality—“Copenhagen Criteria” Acquis Communitaire Economic Issues (see Sinn) Ethical Issues (see Carens/Morgan) Enlargement and the Referendum Defeats May/June 2005

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European Enlargement

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  1. European Enlargement Lecture: Feb 28 2006

  2. Enlargement May 1 2004 Why did Europe decide to enlarge? Conditionality—“Copenhagen Criteria” Acquis Communitaire Economic Issues (see Sinn) Ethical Issues (see Carens/Morgan) Enlargement and the Referendum Defeats May/June 2005 The Case of Turkey

  3. European Constitutional Treaty March 2 2004

  4. Judge Koen Lenaerts • Professor of European Law, Institute for European Law, KU Leuven •       Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities

  5. Why a Constitutional Treaty? • New political architecture for an EU 25+ • A Crisis of Popularity • Aim: to bring Europe closer to its citizens.

  6. Familiar Cleavages Within EU • Federalists v. Nationalists • Supranationalist v. Intergovernmentalists

  7. New Cleavages Within the EU • Larger v. Smaller States • Market-conforming v. Market-restricting states • Liberal Europe v. Social Europe • Pro-US v. Anti-US states • Military Europe v Civilian Europe

  8. French and Dutch Defeats • European Enlargement • Globalization • Worries about civic integration • Dislike of national politicians • Europe’s democratic deficit • A turn against the Treaty of Rome? • The victory of British-style euroscepticism

  9. Five Solutions to Europe’s Current Crisis --Guy Verhofstat --Angela Merkel --Tony Blair --Nicolas Sarkozy --Vaclav Klaus

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