Happy to share our new article in @jei-publication.bsky.social, in which @toinepaulissen.bsky.social, @stevenvanhecke.bsky.social and I examine the extent to which Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine affected enlargement politics in the European Parliament 🇪🇺

📜 New publication with @stevenvanhecke.bsky.social and Esther D'Haeninck! 💡 We examined how Europarties have responded to the EU’s so-called geopolitical awakening by assessing whether their approach to enlargement has changed since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Happy to have had the opportunity to attend and present my latest work on EU enlargement and the EP’s written parliamentary questions at the ECPR Parliaments Conference. Grateful for the organizers and all paper presenters! #sgop25

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Our #sgop25 penultimate panels will begin at 11.30am:

🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.20 🏰 The #EuropeanParliament is often dismissed as a procedural bystander in #EU enlargement, but @lienjansen.bsky.social argues that the EP can act strategically, if internal cohesion and inter-institutional cooperation align. @ecprsgeu.bsky.social 👉 ow.ly/Hyuk50Wexy0

🧭 How the European Parliament can shape enlargement

Often dismissed as a procedural bystander in EU enlargement, the European Parliament holds underused tools to shape outcomes — from budgetary leverage to informal diplomacy. Lien Jansen argues that th...

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🌇 Power beyond borders? Analyzing formal and informal tools of the European Parliament in EU enlargement policy. By Lien Jansen, Toine Paulissen & Steven Van Hecke 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1478...

Power beyond borders? Analysing formal and informal tools of the European Parliament in EU enlargement policy

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has seemingly created a new window of opportunity for (pre-)accession candidates, reigniting the European Union’s interest in the subject of enlargement. While ...

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Together with @lienjansen.bsky.social and @stevenvanhecke.bsky.social, we examine why Denmark voted in favour of abolishing its defense opt-out in 2022 in a new study published Open Access in Politics and Governance. You can read the full paper here: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...