Abstract
Following the launch of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in 2003-2004, the EU stepped up its engagement with the post-Soviet countries located in Europe. The EU exercises its ‘transformative power’ (Grabbe 2006) by thickening and deepening functional cooperation with these countries and thereby stimulating their political and economic transformation. Yet the EU strategy has clear limits: no membership is on offer to any more of the post-Soviet states. Rather the Union offers them prospects of integration into the internal market, something which hinges on the convergence of the post-Soviet states with the acquis communautaire, a body of EU laws, regulations and judicial review.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Black Sea Region and EU Policy |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Challenge of Divergent Agendas |
| Editors | Karen Henderson, Carol Weaver |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pages | 45-62 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315614007, 9781317040330 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781409412014 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Nov 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2010 Kare Henderson Carol Weaver.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences
