{"id":901,"date":"2017-03-31T07:50:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T07:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/?p=901"},"modified":"2017-03-31T07:50:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T07:50:37","slug":"is-there-an-east-west-divide-in-the-european-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"Is there an East-West divide in the European Union?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the way the media reports on European Union negotiations, it is easy to get the impression that there is a rift between East and West European member states, and that the enlargement of the EU \u00a0has compromised the EU’s\u00a0decision-making capacity. In a text published at the EUROPP blog<\/a>, I argue that there is no systematic evidence to support such claims:<\/p>\n

“…in fact, against all odds, since 2004 the EU has managed to accommodate and integrate without much turbulence 13 new member states within its decision-making structures. This success is most remarkable and provides an important lesson for the future; a lesson that should not be overshadowed by the forthcoming exit of the United Kingdom from the EU.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing; it has pretty pictures, too.<\/p>\n

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From the way the media reports on European Union negotiations, it is easy to get the impression that there is a rift between East and West European member states, and that the enlargement of the EU \u00a0has compromised the EU’s\u00a0decision-making capacity. In a text published at the EUROPP blog, I argue that there is no systematic evidence to support such claims: “…in fact, against all odds, since 2004 the EU has managed to accommodate and integrate without much turbulence 13 new member states within its decision-making structures. This success is most remarkable and provides an important lesson for the future; a lesson that should not be overshadowed by the forthcoming exit of the United Kingdom from the EU.” Read the whole thing; it has pretty pictures, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Is there an East-West divide in the European Union?","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[718,719,717],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7g3hj-ex","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":720,"url":"http:\/\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/?p=720","url_meta":{"origin":901,"position":0},"title":"The evolution of EU legislation (graphed with ggplot2 and R)","date":"March 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"During the last half century the European Union has adopted more than 100 000 pieces of legislation. 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