The national politics of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans

Ker-Lindsay, James, Armakolas, Ioannis, Balfour, Rosa and Stratulat, Corina (2018) The national politics of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 17 (4). pp. 511-522. ISSN 1468-3857

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Abstract

European enlargement has often been viewed from an institutional perspective. The academic literature in the field has tended to focus primarily on how the Commission or the Council has addressed the issue of EU expansion. Relatively little attention has been paid to the role of individual member states. This article considers the way in which domestic political concerns and national politics affects the way in which EU members approach enlargement to the Western Balkans. It does this by examining studies conducted on seven countries: Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Hungary, Greece and Cyprus. It shows that there are in fact a wide variety of factors that shape individual member state attitudes towards enlargement. These factors include economic and commercial goals, ties to the region and to individual accession states, concerns over immigration, general foreign policy priorities and national ideological approaches towards the future shape and orientation of the European Union.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fbss20/current
Additional Information:	© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
Divisions:	European Institute
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JZ International relations
Date Deposited:	02 Feb 2018 15:09
Last Modified:	02 Nov 2024 20:54
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/86637

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