How the EU’s ‘big bang’ enlargement changed foreign policy

Commentary feature discussing how the enlargement of the European Union since 2004 has had an impact on the attempts by the EU to forge a common foreign and security policy.

• Primary Source

European Union - EEAS (European External Action Service) | Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union http://eeas.europa.eu/cfsp/index_en.htm

ESO: Background information: 10th anniversary of the 2004 enlargement – strategic benefits, impact and the current enlargement agenda http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-10th-anniversary-of-the-2004-enlargement-strategic-benefits-impact-and-the-current-enlargement-agenda/

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