JUNCKER’S SILENCE ON ENLARGEMENT – DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
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Received
16 December 2021
Revised
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Accepted
12 February 2022
Available Online
15 March 2022
Abstract
EUROPEAN ACCESSION WAS A DREAM COMES TRUE FOR MOST OF THE EX -COMMUNIST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. SO FAR, BALKAN COUNTRIES ARE WISHING FOR THE SAME DREAM, BUT THE CURRENT C ONTEXT IS NOT SO FAVOURABLE. TO PARTLY ADDRESS THIS SITUATION, THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON JUNCKER’S DECLARATIONS ABOUT FUTURE ENLARGEMENT OF THE EU. THE EMPIRICAL DATA COME FROM STATE OF THE UNION SPEECHES, AND A LSO PUBLIC DECLARATIONS A ND PRESS RELEASES. THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT JUNCKER’S SILENCE IS MOSTLY INFLUENCED BY EXTERNAL FACTORS SUCH AS THE GEOPOLITICAL AND GEOSTRATEGIC CONTEXT FROM THE LAST YEARS. FURTHERMORE, 2025 CAN BE AN INDICATION, NOT A PROMISE, A ND ACTUAL EUROPEAN COMMIS SION IS MORE PREOCCUPIED ABOUT INTERNAL STABILITY AND SECURITY THAN ENLARGEMENT.
Keywords
ENLARGEMENT
BALKAN COUNTRIES
JUNCKER STATEMENTS
DISCOURSE
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