EU Enlargement One Year on: Reasons to be Cheerful?
EU Enlargement One Year on: Reasons to be Cheerful?

Summary/Abstract: There is no doubt that the rejection of the Constitutional Treaty by France and the Netherlands has dealt it a mortal blow. But even if the Treaty is dead, the European Union is very much alive. This is the opinion of the former UK minister for Europe, who characterizes himself as a champion of the enlargement. So how do the things really look a year after the EU's biggest leap forward and outward ever? There is plenty to be cheerful about - writes Denis MacShane and makes an analysis about the advantages of the enlargement for the EU and for the new members.

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