{"id":383,"date":"2024-05-15T13:22:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T13:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextmile.eu\/?p=383"},"modified":"2025-04-23T13:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T13:41:26","slug":"beyond-the-eu-enlargement-paradox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenextmile.eu\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the EU Enlargement Paradox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clingendael Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14 March 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Clingendael report by Ren\u00e9 Cuperus and Saskia Hollander analyses the so-called \u2018EU enlargement paradox\u2019, which refers to the notion that EU enlargement is both inevitable and impossible at the same time. It is inevitable for geostrategic reasons, given Putin\u2019s Russian imperial revisionism. But at the same time, EU enlargement is impossible for political institutional reasons. At the moment, neither the eligible candidate countries, nor the EU at large, nor the electorates in key EU Member States are \u2018enlargement fit\u2019. How could the Dutch government deal with this paradox?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/thenextmile.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Clingendael-15-05-2024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenextmile.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Clingendael-15-05-2024.png 792w, https:\/\/thenextmile.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Clingendael-15-05-2024-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/thenextmile.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Clingendael-15-05-2024-768x449.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This paper aims to set the scene for the forthcoming debate in the Netherlands on the future of EU enlargement. To serve as a basis for risk analysis, it provides a systematic overview of various trade-offs on five policy domains: 1) geopolitics, security and defence; 2) rule of law and democracy; 3) economy and budget; 4) migration and free movement of persons; and 5) EU institutional structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report draws on findings from the latest Clingendael Barometer survey, which analysed Dutch public opinion towards enlargement along these dimensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find the the full text of the report of the Clingendael Institute Beyond the EU Enlargement Paradox <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clingendael.org\/publication\/beyond-eu-enlargement-paradox\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clingendael Institute 14 March 2024 This Clingendael report by Ren\u00e9 Cuperus and Saskia Hollander analyses the so-called \u2018EU enlargement paradox\u2019, which refers to the notion that EU enlargement is both inevitable and impossible at the same time. It is inevitable for geostrategic reasons, given Putin\u2019s Russian imperial revisionism. 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