EU Enlargement and the Baltic States. The Incremental Making of New Member

Регион:	Европа
Год издания:	2000
Авторы / под ред. :	Arnswald Sven

Описание

Издательство: Ulkopoliittinen instituutti, Institut fur Europaische Politik

ISBN: 951-769-104-1

EU membership of the three Baltic states can significantly contribute to long-term stability in Europe’s North. Even if the Baltic states have made considerable progress in their economic and political integration with the EU, they still need to strengthen their reform policies in the areas of state institutions, citizenship, environmental policies and justice and home affairs.

On the other hand, it is the EU which must continue with its financial and technical support for the Baltic states. One problem here is that the EU, due to the incremental nature of its enlargement policy, lacks a coherent strategy for the full integration of all three Baltic states in the not too distant future. Such a strategy would necessarily include the development of the relationship with Russia since this would politically facilitate the Baltic states’ accession to the Union, increase their security and reduce potential conflict with the big neighbor over borders, minorities and perceives rconomic losses once Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are members of the EU.

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Увеличение количества мусора	228 (66.67%)
Вырубка лесов	214 (62.57%)
Загрязнение воды	186 (54.39%)
Загрязнение воздуха	153 (44.74%)
Проблема захоронения ядерных отходов	106 (30.99%)
Истощение полезных ископаемых	90 (26.32%)
Глобальное потепление	83 (24.27%)
Сокращение биоразнообразия	77 (22.51%)
Звуковое загрязнение	25 (7.31%)