(Re)Uniting East & West: Reflections on the 2004 EU Enlargement

Twenty years ago, 8 former socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe and two Mediterranean countries joined the EU.
At the time, the Protected content was framed through the promise of reuniting Eastern and Western Europe after the end of the Cold War.

There is no doubt that the Protected content was an historical event that contributed to shape Europe as we know it.
Among others, this enlargement wave has been celebrated for its role in driving the political and economic transitions in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as for its contribution to the achievement of peace, stability and prosperity across it.

At the same time, however, the Protected content has been considered as one of the causes behind many challenges that the EU has been facing over the past twenty years.
These include democratic backsliding in some new EU member states, which challenges the application of the rule of law in the EU, as well as inefficiencies in EU’s institutional functioning and decision-making processes due to the rise in the numbers and in the heterogeneity of its membership.

PART Protected content - Conference: (Re)uniting the East and West: Reflections on the Protected content Enlargement in View of Future Accessions

- Giuliano AMATO, former Italian Prime Minister
- Thomas CHRISTIANSEN, Professor, LUISS University
- Giorgio ROSSO CICOGNA, Italian Diplomat/ Dir Trieste Industrial Ass.

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Arnd WOLFRAM