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?

Date: June 21, 2022, 2:00 pm Topic: European governance

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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

Jun 21, 2022

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

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Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, 1210 Brussels

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