The Price and Possibilities of Going East? The European Union and Wider Europe, the European Neighbourhood and the Eastern Partnership

Abstract

After a forgotten but easy enlargement in 1990, the European Community/European Union has moved itself ever east, and southeastwards. By 2007, it had come down to the western coasts of the Black Sea. This chapter analyses how the EU moved eastwards and how it sought to cope with the challenges that have arisen. This is done through an analysis of the EU’s Global Strategy and its major EU outreach, including its concepts of ‘Wider Europe’, the European Neighbourhood and the Eastern Partnership.