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Are the member states of the EU positive towards an enlargement of the EU to Central and Eastern Europe? Figure 1: The EU members States and the applicant countries For many, enlargement to include Central and East Europe provides an historic and moral opportunity to improve stability and security across the European continent by means of economics and political integration. Others, however, have expressed concerns about its costs and consequences for the future functioning of the EU. Twelve applicant countries are presently engaged in the process: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Malta, and Cyprus. Accession negotiations are under way and the objective is that they can take part as members in the European Parliament's elections of 2004. Each enlargement increases the complexity of interstate bargaining and makes it more difficult to reach agreements, especially in major policy initiatives. Accessions entail costs for both current members and...

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