Nav 12.2: The future of EU enlargement

Length	Browsing: 30 minutes Reporting: 25 minutes
Goal	To analyze the arguments used in the debate on the future enlargement of the EU. To use the European Navigator website
Introduction	Enlargement of the European Union is increasingly becoming a contested issue in EU politics. In this exercise you examine and compare arguments in favour and against enlargement.
Steps	Go to the website of the European Navigator. On the website, go to the section ‘Historical events’-> ‘1998-2009’-> ‘The enlargements of the European Union’ -> ‘How far should enlargement go?’. This section contains newspaper articles, (excerpts from) EU documents and recorded interviews on the subject of enlargement. Select one source in favour and one source against enlargement. Read and/or listen to the arguments given. Some sources may not be available in English. You can use Google translate to get some idea of the arguments being given.
Questions	What arguments are used for/against further EU enlargement? What types of arguments are used? Are they related, for instance, to the economy, to geopolitical considerations, to domestic political considerations, to cultural identity, or to something else? What explicit or implicit perspective do these arguments convey on the question what defines ‘Europe’?

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