Time: Thursday, 25/July/2024: 9:00am - 10:30am Session Chair: Prof. Vadym Zheltovskyy, University of Warsaw |
Location: Room 222 Auditorium Building Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 |
EU Institutions and Member States towards the Enlargement Policy Reform: Does Geopolitics Matter?
The 2023 Enlargement agenda adopted by the European Commission has illustrated a political will to bring the issue of enlargement back on the EU table on both, supranational and intergovernmental, levels. Such discussion, however, illustrated not only common vision but also different interests of member states that directly impact the outcome of planned reform and pose a question on sustainability of achieved „commonality of purpose” (Mauer et al., 2023) among EU institutions and member states.
The round table discussion aims at exploring the EU enlargement policy as a case study of foreign policy-making in light of geopolitical challenges caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine. The discussants will address the issues related to the raison d’etat of member states in comparative analysis of their position on the planned enlargement, its scope and implications for the internal reforms of the EU. Additionally, the discussion will focus on the transformation of leadership performance of the EU institutions, role of particular individual and collective actors of the EU in promoting their own visions on the enlargement agenda-setting.