THE EUROPEAN UNION AFTER 1 MAY 2004:
IS THERE A SHOCK FROM ENLARGEMENT?
Implications for South Eastern Europe and for the Enlarged Union

Bi-lingual volume (English-Bulgarian, 640 pages) of papers presented at a conference (programme), organized by BECSA under a “2007 – one enlargement is not enough”.
The book contains contributions from practitioners and academics from fourteen countries in South Eastern Europe, the EU and the world on four general themes: Implications of the 2004 enlargement for the enlarged Union and its 25 member states, for the current candidates and for prospective candidates from South Eastern Europe; public opinion in the enlarged Union and the countries in the region.

The volume is edited by Krassimir Nikolov.

CONTENTS

Introduction
KRASSIMIR Y. NIKOLOV

Address to the conference on behalf of the Irish presidency of the EU
AUSTIN GORMLEY, Chargé d’affaires, Embassy of Ireland in Bulgaria, European Union Rotating Presidency Holder

IMPLICATIONS OF THE 2004 ENLARGEMENT
FOR THE ENLARGED UNION
AND ITS 25 MEMBER STATES

EU membership – socio-economic implications for Slovakia
H.E. MICHAL KOTTMAN, Ambassador of Slovakia to Bulgaria

Where is the shock? Czechia the days after accession to the EU
JIRI MELICH

Political and institutional prerequisites for the set-up and implementation of the CFSP in the enlarged EU
TOSHKO PETROV

Development of the service sector and wage flexibility in accession countries
GEORGI MARINOV

The Eastern enlargement shock awaits Western Europe
ILIN STANEV

IMPLICATIONS OF THE 2004 ENLARGEMENT
FOR THE CANDIDATE COUNTRIES

Bulgaria and the enlarged EU: before we step beyond the threshold of membership
MARIETA TZVETKOVSKA

Time to think about the future: Romania and the Lisbon objectives
DRAGOS PISLARU

Turkey and the enlargement process of the EU
ATILA ERALP

Croatia: working towards EU membership
JOSIP ŠPOLJARIC, Chargé d’affaires, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Bulgaria

Bulgarian electoral legislation in the context of accession to the EU
LACHEZAR AVRAMOV

Bulgaria’s membership in the EU: beyond administrative utopia
VLADIMIR SHOPOV

Is Turkey an “ideologized” issue in EU member states?
EDUARD SOLER I LECHA

Geo-political problems related to Turkey’s application for EU membership
GEORGI CHANKOV

Europeanization of candidate countries as a catalyst to reforms
JULIANA NIKOLOVA

IMPLICATIONS OF THE 2004 ENLARGEMENT
FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES
FROM SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE

Implications of EU enlargement in 2004 for prospective candidates from South Eastern Europe
OGNYAN MINCHEV

The 2004 enlargement, the “stumbling block” and the parameters for a new enhanced-embracing strategy for South Eastern Europe
MUSTAFA TURKES

Trends and expectations of foreign trade exchange between the Republic of Macedonia and the enlarged EU
IRENA KIKERKOVA

Foreign economic relations of Bulgaria with South Eastern European countries in the context of EU enlargement
MARIA LAZAROVA

The European perspective and strategies of political elites in the region
VLADIMIR SHOPOV

PUBLIC OPINION
IN THE ENLARGED UNION
AND THE COUNTRIES FROM SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE

Dynamics of public attitudes towards Bulgaria’s membership in the EU (or “the chances of Euro-scepticism”)
BORIANA DIMITROVA

Transformations of national identity in the perspective of multiculturalism
GEORGI LOZANOV

EU enlargement and the development of a shared political community
MATTHEW GABEL

EU enlargement and public attitudes: is there real risk of Euro-scepticism?
FLORIN BONCIU

Public opinion in a Union of twenty-five: on referenda and EP elections
LOTHAR JASCHKE

Public opinion in the enlarged EU: “Ne varietatem timeamus”
KATIA HRISTOVA

LIST OF AUTHORS

The authors are presented at the programme of the conference.

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