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Centre Grande Europe
The Grande Europe Centre of the Jacques Delors Institute is dedicated to the analysis of the new enlargement of the European Union, with a particular focus on the situation of the Western Balkan countries.
Its activities (publications, events, exchanges and training) aim to provide a better knowledge in France of the candidate countries, to develop relations with other think tanks, and to monitor the enlargement process in order to address the issues at stake and formulate ways forward. Its work focuses more broadly on the architecture of the continent, which is being shaken up the current war in Ukraine, to which the European Political Community (EPC) is seeking to respond.
Supported by the Open Society Foundation, the initiative builds on the new impetus given to enlargement following the applications of Ukraine and Moldova and the relaunch of negotiations with Balkan countries. Its creation was presented on November 10th 2022 at the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, in the presence of the Secretary of State for Europe, Laurence Boone.
© Judith Litvine MEAE
The Centre’s team includes :
- Lukas Macek, Head of the Centre, Research Fellow for Central and Eastern Europe, Director of the Dijon campus of Sciences Po
- Pierre Mirel, Advisor to the Centre, honorary director of the European Commission
- Sébastien Maillard, Special Advisor, Enlargement
- Benjamin Couteau, Research Fellow Western Balkans and Turkey
- Milica Popović, Research Fellow, Balkans
Press contact: Lara Martelli, Communication and Media Relations
PUBLICATIONS
THE EUROPEAN POLITICAL COMMUNITY
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Transnistria, in the shadow of the war in Ukraine
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New Growth Plan for the Western Balkans
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Montenegro’s EU Push: Imminent Opportunities and Challenges
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Elections in Serbia 2023: One month later
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Rival Influences in the Western Balkans: Hard Facts and Limitations
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MEDIAS
“Existe o mito de uma UE antiga e pequena, onde as coisas eram faceis
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What’s at stake for Europe in Ukraine’s EU membership talks?
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Début des négociations pour l’adhésion de l’Ukraine et la Moldavie à l’Union européenne
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L’Union européenne approuve l’ouverture de négociations formelles d’adhésion avec l’Ukraine
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La UE en la encrucijada: ¿ampliación vs. profundización?
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Europe: les risques d’un nouvel élargissement
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Ukraine, Balkans : comment renforcer les relations entre l’UE et ses voisins ?
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«Il faut relancer l’élargissement européen sur le principe d’intégration graduelle»
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L’Ukraine est une preuve tragique du coût du non-élargissement de l’Union européenne
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Face à la menace russe, l’UE prépare son élargissement à marche forcée
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De Belgrade à Tirana, une zone d’influence disputée
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‘Russian’s Trojan Horse in the EU’: Orban wants a European Union ‘that would please Vladimir Putin’
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Adhésion de l’Ukraine à l’UE : faire adhérer un pays en guerre, est-ce vraiment possible ?
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Adhésion de l’Ukraine à l’UE: l’absence de Viktor Orban lors du vote est-elle contestable juridiquement?
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L’Ukraine peut-elle adhérer à l’UE?
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Elargissement de l’Union européenne
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La guerre en Ukraine a ravivé l’intérêt pour l’intégration des pays des Balkans : “L’Union européenne est au rendez-vous, mais un peu tard”
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« La guerre a créé un élan énorme » : pourquoi Bruxelles veut ouvrir les négociations d’adhésion avec l’Ukraine
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Les Vingt-Sept s’inquiètent des conséquences d’un élargissement de l’UE à l’Ukraine
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L’UE discute des conséquences d’une adhésion de l’Ukraine
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Les pays des Balkans s’impatientent dans la salle d’attente de l’Union européenne
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No More Lullabies: The EU Needs a Renewed Enlargement Process 20 Years After Thessaloniki Promise
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« L’intégration graduelle des pays des Balkans construirait un pont solide entre actuels et futurs membres de l’UE »
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Les Balkans à nouveau au centre du jeu en Europe
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Une Europe à 37 ?
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Les tensions entre l’Otan et la Russie risquent-elles de raviver les affrontements au Kosovo ?
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Élargissement : le nouveau cheval de bataille européen d’Emmanuel Macron
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Roland-Garros. Avec sa sortie sur le Kosovo, Novak Djokovic ravive sa sulfureuse réputation
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Kosovo : faut-il craindre un nouveau conflit ?
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La Communauté politique européenne, club d’un genre inédit né de la guerre en Ukraine, cherche sa voie
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Elections en Turquie : ce que changerait une défaite d’Erdogan pour les Européens
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Elargissement de l’UE : « Evitons le choc d’un passage de 27 à 35 Etats membres »
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Францускиот предлог за македонска евроинтеграција
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“Ucrânia fez progressos que ninguém esperava”
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Adhésion à l’UE : “l’Ukraine a fait des progrès auxquels personne ne s’attendait”
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Europe: glissement vers l’Est?
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Accueilli en héros à Bruxelles, Zelensky boucle sa tournée européenne
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Zelensky a bouclé sa tournée européenne sous les applaudissements
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Ukraine wrongfoots reluctant EU states with accession reforms
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