A estratégia de alargamento da União Europeia para os Estados balcânicos ocidentais: Um estudo de caso da adesão da Croácia

Abstract

The European regional integration is projected from the enthusiasm shown by its states. The long economic, political and cultural approximation trajectory has never been a barrier-free process. The creation of the ambitious project scope finds feasibility of application before the European Union Enlargement Policy, which determines the conditions and the accompaniment for the entrance of new members. In view of the present scenario, the purpose of this article is to explore the theoretical production on European integration in order to study the process of forming a European foreign policy and identify in Croatia's membership the factors that make it possible to accept the entrance of a new state in the European Union.