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French view on ENP

French view on ENP. Outline. France & the EU:  « Je t’aime, moi non plus » French view on ENP Perspectives: cul-de-sac or new beginning? Discussion. France & the EU:  « Je t’aime, moi non plus ». EU-25: French officials took the citizens’ support for granted Lack of debate

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French view on ENP

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  1. French view on ENP Pierre Morin Delphine Deschaux-Beaume

  2. Outline • France & the EU:  « Je t’aime, moi non plus » • French view on ENP • Perspectives: cul-de-sac or new beginning? • Discussion Pierre Morin Delphine Deschaux-Beaume

  3. France & the EU:  « Je t’aime, moi non plus » • EU-25: French officials took the citizens’ support for granted • Lack of debate • Lack of official communication • 2005: referendum debate: why did the NO win? • The Polish plumber cliché: how crucial has been the enlargement critique? • Short-term factors • Long-term factors Pierre Morin Delphine Deschaux-Beaume

  4. Short-term factors • A vote against the government in a context of economic stagnation • Free-rider, populistic behaviour of some political leaders • Lack of communication both on enlargement and the Constitutional Treaty • Long-term factors • Good old anti-European feelings • The vicious circle of the lack of communication and the fear towards the voters • A paradoxal vote Pierre Morin Delphine Deschaux-Beaume

  5. French view on ENP • No structured debate • No public perception of the ENP • No official communication on the ENP at the Foreign Office: the weight of tradition • France and the EU-neighbours • Reluctance to further enlargement • Much attention for the Mediterranean region • Less attention for the Eastern neighbours • Question-mark Balkans Pierre Morin Delphine Deschaux-Beaume

  6. Overview of the French academic approaches • New subject • Interdisciplinarity • Regional approaches, case studies • 4 major stakes • Demography • Economic structures • Institutions • Geopolitical dynamics Pierre Morin Delphine Deschaux-Beaume

  7. Perspectives: Cul-de-sac or new beginning? • Cul-de-sac • A slow agony of the Constitution? • Democracy vs. Enlargement? • ENP as a very long-term substitute for enlargement • New beginning • Engage French public opinion • Keep further enlargements in sight • ENP may be THE solution: a mid-term alternative to enlargement Pierre Morin Delphine Deschaux-Beaume

  8. Discussion • ENP: a chance for the Grande Nation? Pierre Morin Delphine Deschaux-Beaume

  9. Thank you for your attention... …and sorry for our French accent Pierre Morin Delphine Deschaux-Beaume

  10. Pierre Morin Delphine Deschaux-Beaume

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