EU tired of enlargement?

Hosted by Magdalena Jensen

The 2004 accession of Poland and other Central European countries to the EU, followed by the 2007 addition of Romania and Bulgaria has tempered out and caused a bit of hesitation as comes to opening up the Union to other countries. Currently, Croatia is waiting in the wings and is expected to close a chapter this year. Whether or not that will lead to other Western Balkan countries negotiating accession or not remains ot be seen.

Keywords: EU, European Union, membership, Poland, Croatia, Turkey, Montenegro, Western Balkans, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Copenhagen Criteria, enlargement fatigue, Stuftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Polish Institute of International Relations, German Marshall Fund, Center for European Research in Sarajevo, Center for European Studies in Istanbul