Past Event
EU enlargement in a new light
What would increase government support around EU enlargement, and what role could membership play in future peace talks?
Video recording
During two summits in March 2022, in Versailles and Brussels, European leaders expressly declined to grant candidate status or even a membership perspective to Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. While supporters of the expansion called for a recognition of Ukraine’s place in the European family, most governments were skeptical and reluctant to take the process further. Why is that? What would it take to garner more support for the initiation of the expansion process? And what role could membership play in future peace talks? The question of EU enlargement requires an examination of the topic from multiple perspectives.
In the first session, we discussed EU architecture and enlargement from a political economy perspective. Deepening vs widening is the trade-off at the heart of the EU’s future enlargement. We looked at the spectrum of arguments in this first session.
In the second session, we focused on the economic, political and security aspects of enlargement in the specific case of Ukraine as well as the unique features to the case, particularly its reconstruction.
Schedule
13:45-14:00
Coffee & Check-in
14:00-15:15
Session 1: To Expand or Not to Expand: For and Against the Enlargement of the European Union
Chair: Maria Demertzis, Interim Director
Marek Dabrowski, Non-Resident Fellow
André Sapir, Senior Fellow
15:15-15:30
Break
15:30-17:00
Session 2: The Political and Security Concerns of EU Enlargement: The Case of Ukraine
Chair: Jiffer Bourguignon, Editor, Intereconomics
Tinatin Akhvlediani, Research Fellow, CEPS
Elise Bernard, Head of Studies, EuropaNova
Ilona Sologoub, Scientific Editor of VoxUkraine
Speakers
Tinatin Akhvlediani
Research Fellow, CEPS
Elise Bernard
Head of Studies, EuropaNova
Jiffer Bourguignon
Editor, Intereconomics
Marek Dabrowski
Non-Resident Fellow
Maria Demertzis
Interim Director
André Sapir
Senior Fellow
Ilona Sologoub
Scientific Editor of VoxUkraine