The IE GPC presents its first Policy Brief “European Family Action Plan. Mapping transitionary integration while moving towards EU membership“.

The ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia reopened the discussion of how to transform and stabilise the EU’s neighbourhood. While the European Union has made progress regarding Ukraine’s application and has taken publicly visible and symbolic actions to move forward this renewed enlargement process, further steps are needed.

Our Global Policy Center (GPC) is deeply committed to contributing intellectually to the future of Europe debate, including the enlargement process. Amidst conversations about staged accession and alternative forms of integration, a new GPC paper suggests a new form of realistic transitionary integration: the European Family Action Plan.

In our new policy brief,  ‘European Family Action Plan. Mapping Transitionary Integration while Moving Towards Membership’ co-authored by our Director Ilke Toygür and Nicolai von Ondorza (Head of EU/Europe Research Division, SWP Berlin), we propose six principles that will prepare candidate countries for EU membership while maximizing their collaboration with the EU.

By including candidate countries in policies, programs, agencies, funding and inviting them to partake in shaping EU beyond already existing Association Agreements, the European Family Action Plan proposes a path to move forward with the enlargement process in the years to come.

Find the full policy brief in our publications’ page: https://www.ie.edu/gpc/publications/

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