This paper discusses the eastward enlargement process of the EU in the framework of a simple war of attrition … bargaining game. Both players - the existing EU members and the applicants - benefit from enlargement, yet for the applicants … reform to the acquis is costly, while the EU prefers substantially reformed candidates. A waiting game unfolds. Within this …

occurred in the case of the Eastern Enlargement of the EU and has involved significant diversion of migration from more … migration, namely i) restricting access to welfare and ii) adopting an EU-wide migration policy. -- migration ; enlargement …

EU leaders are well aware of the relevance of migration in the European policy agenda. Thirty-two pages out of forty …