35 min.

How should the EU respond to aspiring new members? – with HE Ambassador David Solomonia and Prof Antoaneta Dimitrova Global Europe Unpacked

    • Politiek

The topic of EU enlargement encapsulates more than any other topic the interaction between the processes going on inside the European Union with those outside of it. It is discussed often in response to questions that go to the heart of the European project: Should the EU be considering new members, or should it consolidate first? What makes a country European? The question, ‘where does Europe end?’, has been asked repeatedly over the last three decades but never properly answered. In this episode, Will Murray speaks to HE Mr David Solomonia, the Georgian Ambassador to the Netherlands, and Professor Antoaneta Dimitrova, Professor of Comparitive Governance at Leiden University, to shed light on this question.

The topic of EU enlargement encapsulates more than any other topic the interaction between the processes going on inside the European Union with those outside of it. It is discussed often in response to questions that go to the heart of the European project: Should the EU be considering new members, or should it consolidate first? What makes a country European? The question, ‘where does Europe end?’, has been asked repeatedly over the last three decades but never properly answered. In this episode, Will Murray speaks to HE Mr David Solomonia, the Georgian Ambassador to the Netherlands, and Professor Antoaneta Dimitrova, Professor of Comparitive Governance at Leiden University, to shed light on this question.

35 min.