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Obstacles to EU Enlargement: The Classical Community Method and the Prospects for a Wider Europe

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The probable expansion of the European Union (EU) to 25 or more Member States raises questions about the way in which the EC/EU has traditionally managed the enlargement process and whether this is an appropriate framework for the future. This article argues that the four enlargement rounds to date have all conformed to the ‘classical Community method’, with an exclusive focus on the applicant's admittances of the acquits communitarian, and negotiations focusing solely on transition periods. In view of the number and heterogeneity of the potential applicants in future rounds, the article examines the pressures likely to bear on the classical method and how it might be adapted.

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  • Christopher Preston, 1995. "Obstacles to EU Enlargement: The Classical Community Method and the Prospects for a Wider Europe," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(3), pages 451-463, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:33:y:1995:i:3:p:451-463
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.1995.tb00543.x
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    1. Marilena Giannetti, 2005. "Macroeconomic Effects In the Acceding Countries," Working Papers in Public Economics 87, Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Roma.
    2. J.M. Van Brabant, 1996. "The transition economies, the Intergovernmental Conference, and the European Union," Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, vol. 49(198), pages 287-312.
    3. Ekrem Yasar Akcay, 2018. "Possible Effects Of Uk?S Separation From Eu," International Journal of Social Sciences, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, vol. 7(1), pages 1-12, March.
    4. J.M. Van Brabant, 1996. "The transition economies, the Intergovernmental Conference, and the European Union," BNL Quarterly Review, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, vol. 49(198), pages 287-312.

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