" The imminent enlargement of the EU to as many as twenty-seven member states in the near future will pose severe … budgetary, administrative, and operational challenges for the current member states. However, the challenges of enlargement, as … the face of low levels of support for enlargement in a number of the current member states and high levels of ambivalence …

The fifth enlargement of the EU will have several major consequences for the Union?'s CFSP and ESDP. It will bring the … further enlargement through the adoption of a « proximity policy» towards the EU?'s new neighbours. This paper assesses the …

The Copenhagen Council, in December 2002, opened the way to the fifth enlargement of Europe to 10 countries of which … the important decisions in terms of financing made in order to carry out this enlargement and facilitate the convergence … part focuses on three main themes directly related to the enlargement policy: the common agricultural policy, structural …

institutional reforms are not introduced within the EU. It may be that the main challenge of the EU will not be enlargement, but …