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The enlargement of the European Union

Dec 10, 2012

Corina Stratulat

Associate Director and Head of European Politics and Institutions Programme

Rosa Balfour

Senior Adviser on Europe in the World

EU ENLARGEMENT

In this Discussion Paper, Rosa Balfour and Corina Stratulat focus on some of the lessons learnt and not learnt in the context of EU enlargement.

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