ABSORPTION CAPACITY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: IS THERE STILL SPACE FOR NEW MEMBER STATES?

Genişleme, Avrupa Birliğinin en güçlü politika araçların biridir. Bu araç sayesinde başlangıçta altı üye devletten oluşan Avrupa Birliği yirmi sekiz üye devlete genişlemiştir. Avrupa Birliğinin başarısı 2012 yılında Nobel Barış ödülü ile ödüllendirimiştir. Ancak, Avrupa Birliğinin gelecekteki genişlemesi konusunda halihazırda politikacılar, akademisyenler ve de Avrupa Birliği vatandaşları arasında tartışmalar yaşanmaktadır. Bazıları, Avrupa Birliğinin gelecekteki olası genişlemesini desteklerken bazıları Avrupa Birliğinin sindirme kapasitesine ulaştığını iddia etmektedir. Bu makalede Avrupa Birliğinin sindirme kapasitesi analiz edilerek Avrupa Birliğinin yeni üye ülkeleri sindirip sindiremeyeceği cevaplandırılmaya çalışılacaktır.

Avrupa Birliğinin Sindirme Kapasitesi- Yeni Üye Ülkelere Halen Yer Var mı?

Enlargement is one of the most powerful policy tools of the European Union.1 With the help of this tool the EU is expanded from six original Member States to the current twenty eight. The achievement of the EU is awarded with Nobel Peace Prize in 2012. Nonetheless, there is still high controversy between politicians, academics as well as EU citizens over future enlargement of the European Union. Some asserted that the EU has reached the limits of its absorption capacity whilst some others support future enlargement. This article tries to analyse the concept of absorption capacity as well as to answer whether the EU can absorb new member states?

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BOOK

Ida Hjelmesæth, Making sense of Absorption Capacity within the EU: A study of the Concept, History, Clarification, Assessment, (2007) published by I. Hjelmesæth.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Fabian Amtenbrink, On the European Unions Institutional Capacity to Cope with Further, p.130.in: S. Blockman and S. Prechal (eds.), Reconciling the Deepening and Widening of the EuropeanUnion (2007), The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press pp. 111-131.

ACADEMİC ARTICLES & JOURNALS

Adam Lazowski, It Works! The European Union in the Wake of 2004 and 2007 Enlargements, (2010), T-M-C Asser Press, pp: Ali Toksabay Esen, Absortion Capacity of the EU and Turkish Accession: Definitions and Comments, (2007) TepavEPRR Policy Brief.

Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf, EU-Enlargement- A Success Story?, pp.1-29. Available at: http://www.ecologic.eu/download/projekte/200-249/221-02/221_02_ gruene_eu_erweiterung.pdf

Guillaume Durand & Antonio Missiroli, Absorption Capacity: Old Wine in New Bottles?, (2006) European Policy Centre, available at: http:// www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Digital-Library/Publications/Detail/?ots591=- 0c54e3b3-1e9c-be1e-2c24-a6a8c7060233&lng=en&id=25239

Michael Emerson &SenemAydın& Julia De Clerck-Sachsse&GerganaNoutcheva, Just What is This Absorption Capcity of the European Union?, (2006), Centre for European Studies,No.113.

Sami Andoura, European Unions Capacity to Absorb Turkey (2005) Egmont European Affairs Program Paper, pp.1-10. Available at: http://aei.pitt. edu/9306/1/EU-Turkey.pdf

Senem Aydın Düzgit&Hakan Altınay&Seyla Benhabib&Cem Özdemir& Jean Francois Leguil-Bayart, Seeking Kant in the EUs Relations with Turkey, (2006), TESEV Publications, pp.1-31.

Sercan Gidişoglu, Understanding the Absorption Capacity of the European Union, INSIGHT TURKEY Vol.9 Number 4, pp.

Steven Blockmans, The Prize is more Peace: The EU should Consolidate its Enlargement Process, (2012) CEPS, available at: http://www.ceps.eu/book/ prize-more-peace-eu-should-consolidate-its-enlargement-process

Szymon Ananicz , Cyprus presidency and Turkeys Relations with the European Union, (2012), Centre for Eastern Studies, Issue 82, available at: http:// www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Digital-Library/Publications/Detail/?lng=en&id=152746 Tanja Marktler, The Power of the Copenhagen Criteria p.344, available at http://www.cyelp.com/index.php/cyelp/article/view/23.

ONLINE ARTICLES &INTERNET SOURCES

Advisory Council on International Affairs, The EUs Capacity for Further Enlargement, No.71, July 2010, available at: http://www.aiv- advies.nl/ContentSuite/upload/aiv/doc/webversie_AIV_71eng(1).pdf

Andreas Schockenhoff, Enlargement: Six Tests for the EUs Absorption Capacity, (2006), available at: https://infoeuropa.eurocid.pt/files/database/000038001-000039000/000038513.pdf

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Euroactiv.com EU Cements Absorption Capacity As the New Stumbling Block to Enlargement, (2006), available at: http://www.euractiv.com/future-eu/eu-cements-absorption-capacity-n-news-216636

EuroActiv.Com, Enlargement is Recognised by the MEPs as one of the EUs Most Powerful Policy Tools, but a New Report Focusses Attention on the Unions Absorption Capacity and Urges the Creation of a Multilateral Framework as a Stepping Stone to Full Membership (2006) available at: http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/ep-seeks-clarity-unions-absorpti-news-216116

Europa, The Accession Process for a new Member States, available at: http:// europa.eu/legislation_summaries/enlargement/ongoing_enlargement/ l14536_en.htm

Frank Vibert, Absorption Capacity: The Wrong European Debate, 20 June 2006, available at: http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-europe_constitution/wrong_debate_3666.jsp

House of Lords European Union Committee, The Future of Enlargement, 10th Report of Session 201213, available at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/ldselect/ldeucom/129/129.pdf

Is UKs withdrawal from EU a show?, 28 January, 2013, available at: http:// english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/8110700.html

Katinka Barysch,Absorption Capacity- The Wrong Debate, 09 November 2006, available at: http://centreforeuropeanreform.blogspot.co.uk/2006/11/ absorption-capacity-wrong-debate-by.html

Kristin Archick& Derek E. Mix The European Unions Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty, 22 February 2010, Congressional Research Service, available at: http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/139287.pdf.

Kristin Archick, Vincent L. Morelli European Union Enlargement, 19 February 2014, Congressional Research Service, available at: http://fas.org/sgp/crs/ row/RS21344.pdf

Şaban Kardaş, Merkel and Sarkozy Call for Privileged Partnership Angers Turkey, 13 May 2009, available at: http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=34983

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European Commission, Communication From the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2013-2014, Brussels, 16.10.2013, available at:http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2013/package/strategy_paper_2013_en.pdf

European Commission Negotiating Framework for Turkey, 3 October 2005, Luxemburg, available at: http://www.avrupa.info.tr/fileadmin/Content/ Downloads/PDF/M%FCzakere%20%C7er%E7evesi.pdf

European Commission, Communication from the Commission 2005 Enlargement Strategy Paper COM (2005) 561 Final, available at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2005:0561:FIN:EN:PDF

European Commission, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2006 2007 Including Annexed Special Report on the EUs Capacity to Integrate New Members, COM (2006) 649, available at: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2006/Nov/com_649_strategy_paper_en.pdf

European Commission, Communicatıon From the Commission to the European Parliament and the Councİl Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2012-2013 , COM(2012) 600 final, available at: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2012/package/strategy_paper_2012_en.pdf

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European Parliament, Report on the Commissions 2005 Enlargement Strategy Paper, available at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?-type=REPORT&reference=A6-2006-0025&language=EN

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TREATIES

Consolidated Version of the Treaty on European Union, OJ [2002] C 325/5.