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Chapter 10: EU Enlargement: The Return to Europe
EU Enlargement: The Return to Europe
Author: John Van Oudenaren
The links of this chapter can be divided into three groups. The first includes links to the institutionalized side of the EU enlargement, the EU programs for accession countries, Common agriculture policy implications, etc. Then there are links to institutes and research papers as well as mass media that analyze the so-called big bang enlargement of 2004. Finally, the third part includes links to the institutions and research centers of accession countries, including candidate countries Turkey and Croatia. These links are further categorized by country.
Homepage of the author: John Van Oudenaren
EU WEBSITES
´Understanding enlargement´
According to the European Commission enlargement is ´one of the EU’s most powerful policy tools´. This site explains the Commission´s decisions made in the process of enlarging the Union
EU Accession Treaty 2003
The agreement between the member states of the European Union and the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia. It was signed in Athens on 16 April 2003 and entered into force 1 March 2004
EU Accession Treaty 2005
The agreement between the member states of European Union and Bulgaria and Romania which entered into force on 1 January 2007. The Treaty arranged accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU
European Parliament on Enlargement
Position papers and documents on EU enlargement provided by the European Parliament
The Copenhagen Criteria
The Copenhagen criteria, the rules that define whether a country is eligible to join the European Union
The PHARE Program
The contents of the PHARE Program. This programme of community aid to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe was the main financial instrument of the pre-accession strategy for the Central and Eastern European countries which had applied for membersh
The Europe Agreements
Information about the legal framework of relations between the European Union and the Central and Eastern European countries
EUR-Lex
Portal to all European Union legislation
Turkey's pre-accession strategy
This site describes the stages of Turkey's adoption of the Community acquis and provides access to relevant documents
Cassis de Dijon case
The rulings of the European Court of Justice
European Economic Area
Overview of the EEA Agreements negotiated between the EU member states and the EFTA countries
Common Agricultural Policy
Overview of EU activities in the area of agriculture
EU structural Funds
Overview of the EU policy regarding structural or cohesion funds
Agenda 2000
Overview of the EU´s ´Agenda 2000´
OTHER LINKS
The institute for human sciences
This Austria based think tank has, amongst other things, a research program that focuses on problems common to both former European Cold War blocs with a special attention on Central and Eastern Europe
CEPR
The Centre for Economic Policy Research provides research papers and analyses on - besides other things - EU enlargement
EUMAP (Open Society Institute)
The EUMAP is a program of the Open Society Institute monitoring human rights and the rule of law in ten Central-Eastern European and five largest EU countries. EUMAP works jointly with local NGOs and civil society organizations. Its monitoring reports foc
Central European Forum for Migration and Population Research
This website offers research on various aspects (sociological, political, demographic, geographic, economic, legal, etc.) of internal and international migration
EurActiv on enlargement
The EurActiv.com network provides news and analysis on EU policy. It has a section on ´enlargement and neighbours´
Ezoneplus
Research project on the 'Eastward enlargement of the Euro zone'. It is a project involving several economic institutes of new and old EU members. This website provides report papers analyzing the markets, foreign direct investment and international trade
Margeret Thatcher
This is the official website of the Thatcher Foundation. The site offers free access to the full texts of thousands of documents relating to the politics of the last quarter of a century, including EU enlargement
EconPapers
EconPapers provides access to RePEc, the world's largest collection of on-line Economics working papers, journal articles and software
European Forum
The European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity was founded in January 1993 by the social democratic parties and political foundations from EU countries. It is dedicated to support the transformation and democratisation processes in Central, Eastern and S
CATO Institute
The CATO Institute website provides access to the research paper "EU Enlargement: Costs, Benefits, and Strategies for Central and Eastern European Countries"
Report on EU Enlargement by Wim Kok
This 2003 European University Institute report "Enlarging the European Union: Achievements and Challenges" by Wim Kok analyses the consequences of EU Enlargement
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe's archive on ´the EU expanding eastwards´
EU Observer
The EU observer, news on EU-related news. Its website has a special category for news on enlargement from Brussels as well as from the Accession countries
Transition online
The Transitions Online, an Internet magazine focused on post-communism countries. Its website publishes analytical in-depth articles about the East European countries, Russia and the Balkans and includes country profiles and annual surveys on their develo
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