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Those Who Knock on Europe’s Door Must Repent? Bilateral Border Disputes and EU Enlargement
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Freie Universität Berlin, FB Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften, Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft Kolleg-Forschergruppe "The Transformative Power of Europe"
Abstract This paper explores a neglected aspect of the wider debate about EU enlargement; namely bilateral disputes
between a Member State and an applicant, where the former uses, or threatens to use, its membership
to block membership to resolve a dispute. As we show through analysis of three cases - Ital... mehr
This paper explores a neglected aspect of the wider debate about EU enlargement; namely bilateral disputes
between a Member State and an applicant, where the former uses, or threatens to use, its membership
to block membership to resolve a dispute. As we show through analysis of three cases - Italy and Slovenia,
Slovenia and Croatia, and Greece and Macedonia - the EU’s transformative power does not always flow
‘outwards’ towards the state seeking membership. This raises interesting questions about enlargement as
international bargaining between sovereign states filtered via a supranational entity formally responsible
for the negotiations. Our cases suggest limits to the EU’s transformative power in the context of disputes
that are linked to the meaning and significance of borders. When enlargement intersects with identity
politics, the result can be potentially destabilizing in ways that can lead to a decline in the EU’s legitimacy. It
is not surprising that the Commission prefers disputes to be resolved bilaterally or via a third-party.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
bilaterale Beziehungen; Grenzgebiet; politischer Konflikt; Transformation; Italien; Slowenien; Kroatien; Griechenland; europäische Integration; Mazedonien; europäische Identität; politische Verhandlung
Klassifikation
Europapolitik
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2013
Erscheinungsort
Berlin
Seitenangabe
21 S.
Schriftenreihe
KFG Working Paper Series, 54
ISSN
1868-7601
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung