European Union Enlargement

EENI- School of International Business

Subject: The European Union Enlargement (Albania, Montenegro, Serbia). Syllabus:

1. The EU Enlargement policy
2. The conditions for enlargement
3. The benefits of enlargement
4. The process of joining the EU
5. The EU strategy for the accession of new countries
6. Croatia's accession to the European Union (EU)
7. The Adriatic-Ionian Initiative

The objectives of the subject “EU Enlargement” are

1. To know the process of EU's Enlargement
2. To analyse the EU's strategies for the accession of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo and Turkey

Sample of the subject: The European Union (EU) Enlargement:

Description of the Subject: The European Union (EU) Enlargement.

The European Union has agreed to extend the EU perspective to economies in South-east Europe.

1. Negotiations: Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey
2. Candidate countries: Albania and Macedonia
3. Potential candidate countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo are potential candidate countries

Any European nation which respects European Union values (liberty, democracy, human rights, freedoms, and the rule of law) may apply to form part of the European Union (Europe).

The EU Founding members: Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Previous enlargements of the European Union:

1. 1973: Denmark, Ireland, and the United Kingdom
2. 1981: Greece
3. 1986: Spain and Portugal
4. 1995: Austria, Finland, and Sweden
5. 2004: The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia
6. 2007: Romania and Bulgaria
7. 2013: Accession of Croatia

See also European Union-Western Balkans