Pjataja volna rasshirenija Evropejskogo sojuza: pro et contra [The fifth wave of the European Union enlargement: pro et contra]

Abstract

This article analyses the principal complex of economic and political motivations of the states of Central and Eastern Europe and the EU members related to the EU enlargement towards the East. Special attention is paid to the discussion on the reasonableness of the EU enlargement and the positions of certain EU members.

Keywords

• international relations
• European Union
• enlargement
• Central and Eastern Europe