1st Edition

The National Politics of EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans

148 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

The National Politics of EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans examines the way in which a number of European Union member states, including Germany and France, formulate their policies towards enlargement in the Western Balkans. The six countries of the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia – are on course to become the next... Read more

Introduction

The National Politics of EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans

James Ker-Lindsay, Ioannis Armakolas, Rosa Balfour and Corina Stratulat

1. Firm supporter and severe critic: Germany’s two-pronged approach to EU enlargement in the Western Balkans

Theresia Töglhofer and Cornelius Adebahr

2. Between indifference and hesitation: France and EU enlargement towards the Balkans

Natasha Wunsch

3. The United Kingdom and EU enlargement in the Western Balkans: from ardent champion of expansion to Post-Brexit irrelevance

James Ker-Lindsay

4. Italy and EU enlargement to the Western Balkans: the Europeanization of national interests?

Andrea Frontini and Davide Denti

5. Eurosceptic yet pro-enlargement: the paradoxes of Hungary’s EU policy

Beáta Huszka

6. Greece and EU enlargement to the Western Balkans: understanding an ambivalent relationship

Ioannis Armakolas and Giorgos Triantafyllou

7. Cyprus and EU enlargement to the Western Balkans: a balancing act

Isabelle Ioannides

Biography

James Ker-Lindsay is Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science.



Ioannis Armakolas is Assistant Professor at the University of Macedonia and Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP.



Rosa Balfour is Senior Fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States.



Corina Stratulat is Head of the European Politics and Institutions Programme at the European Policy Centre.