Подкрепа/съпротива за присъединяването на България към Европейския съюз – в контекста на политиката на разширяване
Support/ resistance to Bulgarian Accession of European Union – In the Context of Enlargement Policy

Summary/Abstract: EU eastern enlargement is a historical success. However, up to the date this statement doesn’t seem so undisputable. The Europeanization of the newcomers from the Eastern and Central Europe is under suspicions. The enlargement policy „new approach“ to the Western Balkans is based mainly on the reforms on the implementation of the conditionality, but it doesn’t change significantly the conditions for the influence of the member states on this implementation itself. The dynamics of the national interests of the member states in fact has the formative effect on the enlargement policy. Therefore, the research of this dynamic is important for the improvement of enlargement policy. Bulgarian case seems suitable for this research agenda. The statement that there are no patron member state for Bulgarian accession is widespread in the academic literature. From this point of view, the research on EU member states influence on the Bulgarian accession will be useful by the findings for the parameters of this influence. This article present result of the content analisys of 37 interviews with key participants in Bulgarian accession process. This results give the possibility for answers of the questions – who, how much, when, how and why support/resist Bulgarian membership, as well as for the answer of more general questions – how the dynamic of EU member states interests is reflected to the Bulgarian way to EU membership and therefore on the quality of the result.

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