EU Enlargement Policy, in Particular Enlargement to the Balkans

Ördögh, Tibor (2024) EU Enlargement Policy, in Particular Enlargement to the Balkans. In: The 2024 Hungarian EU Presidency. Ludovika Egyetemi Kiadó, Budapest, pp. 215-231. ISBN 9789636530624; 9789636530617; 9789636530631

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Abstract

The European Union’s enlargement policy has undergone continuous changes in recent decades, as a result of which more and more detailed rules were introduced, which candidate countries had to fulfil in order to successfully join. However, these criteria are still not clear, so many controversial issues need to be clarified. In my study, I first present the history of the development of the enlargement policy, focusing on changes in treaties and other EU rules, thanks to which we are now talking about a 27-member cooperation. The Community successfully balanced economic and political reasons during enlargement. In the following, I will present the results achieved by the 2011 Hungarian Presidency in terms of policy, thanks to which Croatia successfully joined the European Union, and in the case of several countries we can also witness the acceleration of negotiations. This is followed by a description of the changes of the last decade, in which we can see relatively slow progress due to the fault of both the joining countries and the European Union. I conclude the study by outlining the relevance of the Western Balkans expansion, which appears as a priority for the 2024 Presidency, and the interests of Hungary.

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