1. Enlargement in the Light of the Lisbon Treaty
Community Agencies: Your Partners in Accession,
Lisbon, November 2009
Enlargement in the Light of the Lisbon Treaty
Dr. David Phinnemore
School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy,
Queen’s University Belfast

2. Enlargement and Lisbon: the ‘good’ news
Lisbon Treaty ratified:
EU’s constitutional impasse resolved
No appetite for further institutional navel-gazing
No new major internal policy project
No major expansion of the acquis
A new focus on external relations

3. Enlargement and Lisbon: the ‘mixed’ news
Towards enlargement?
Commitment: status quo retained
Increased demands of applicants: values and promotion
Increasing demands: European Council conclusions
Process: still unanimity

4. The Evolving Dynamics of EU Enlargement
Conditionality and benchmarks: signposts or obstacles?
Differentiation: goodbye to regional enlargements?
Vetoes ... and willing veto-players?
Internal conditionality: integration capacity
Terra incognita: referenda and public opinion

5. Cooperation and Partnership on the (long) road to EU Membership
Convincing the EU of one’s capacity ... or ‘walking the walk, not just talking the talk’
Increasing knowledge and know-how
Increasing capacity
Increasing trust and reputation
Building contacts and becoming socialized

6. Cooperation and Partnership in preparation for EU Membership
From candidate to member
From outsider to insider
From new member to active member
From policy-taker to policy-shaper

7. Cooperation and Partnership in integration
Gaining formal EU membership is only a moment – admittedly of great political, legal and symbolic importance – in the process of integration.