We are Europe III: A Liberal Perspective on the EU’s Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy
We are Europe III: A Liberal Perspective on the EU’s Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy

Author(s): George Melashvili, Ivan Pekovic, Ivana Bokan, Maid Džaferović, Mariam Usenashvili, Mirela Džehverović, Monika Zajkova, Natan Albahari, Aleksandar Radovanović, Norbert Cvijanov, Olga Nemanezhyna, Gor Badalyan, Sanda Krekikj
Contributor(s): Jasmina Mršo (Editor), Emil Kirjas (Editor)
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Geopolitics
Published by: Fondacija Boris Divković
Keywords: EU’s Enlargement; Neighbourhood Policy; European Union; Geopolitics;
Summary/Abstract: When European Parliament voted in favour of the von der Leyen Commission two years ago, European Commission (EC) had an aspiring role on international stage and promised to become a “Geopolitical Commission”. Enthusiastic upon her election, Ursula von der Leyen, the new President of the European Commission, explained that the College of Commissioners will now report on “external action” during their weekly meetings and that all commissioner cabinets plan to form a new “External Coordination” body which will bridge their external and internal policy work. They have inherited from the previous composition of the Commission the EU Enlargement Policy. In EC communication from May 20192 , this ambitious goal was elaborated stating that the “frontrunners in the accession negotiations could potentially be ready for membership in a 2025 perspective”.

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