The Idea for a Multi – Speed Europe and the Process of EU Enlargement
Journal
Balkan Economic Review, Volume 2, 2020
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Zafiroski, Jovan
Abstract
Seventy years after the start of the process of its creation, the world’s
biggest and richest economic space, the European Union, is facing many challenges.
The recent COVID 19 pandemic has provoked an economic “tsunami” and put in
jeopardy the European unity. Amid these circumstances the debate for the future of
Europe is more than important. The Rome Declaration from 2017 offers a possibility
for different forms of integration for the Members of the EU i.e. multi-speed Europe.
This will have a major impact as on the current structure of the EU as well as on the
enlargement process. As the EU is heading towards uncharted territory the candidate
and potential candidate countries should continue to work on reforms. The paper
explains the roots of the idea for a multi-speed Europe and analyses the possible
consequences for the Western Balkan countries in the integration process for EU
membership.
biggest and richest economic space, the European Union, is facing many challenges.
The recent COVID 19 pandemic has provoked an economic “tsunami” and put in
jeopardy the European unity. Amid these circumstances the debate for the future of
Europe is more than important. The Rome Declaration from 2017 offers a possibility
for different forms of integration for the Members of the EU i.e. multi-speed Europe.
This will have a major impact as on the current structure of the EU as well as on the
enlargement process. As the EU is heading towards uncharted territory the candidate
and potential candidate countries should continue to work on reforms. The paper
explains the roots of the idea for a multi-speed Europe and analyses the possible
consequences for the Western Balkan countries in the integration process for EU
membership.
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