The Challenges of Accession
The Challenges of Accession
Author(s): David R. CameronSubject(s): Governance, Political history, International relations/trade, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, EU-Legislation
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: European Union; EU integration; accession negotiations; directives; regulations; EU legislation;
Summary/Abstract: In 1998, accession negotiations opened between the European Union and six states—Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Slovenia, and Cyprus. Two years later, accession negotiations opened between the EU and six other applicants—Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, and Romania. By the middle of 2002, those negotiations had reached agreement on all but a few of the most difficult aspects of the acquis communautaire, the corpus of treaties, court decisions, directives, and regulations that new members must adopt as their own. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 17/2003
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 24-41
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
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