The different stakes of European enlargement (Pestel and Swot analysis)

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From the first step in its creation in 1957 by the Rome treaty, Europe went through successive enlargement phases. In the current scenario, Europe has become an important player in the international market, due to its critical size. However, it is hard to estimate its power in the international stage, in a changing environment. The aim of this report will be to analyze the different criterion that led European governments to gather, and analyze the relevance of the enlargement. But the first thing will be to introduce briefly the history of the enlargement. The Rome treaty was signed in 1957 and was the first stone of Europe's construction. The 6 members were France, RFA, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium. One of the fist implementation was a common agricultural policy (PAC) voted in 1962. The first step in the enlargement process concerned North countries, United Kingdom, Denmark, and Ireland.

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[...] The 12 new countries indubitably benefited from enlargement too. One of the main reasons is the access at a modern economic market which is for them an opportunity to enter in growth scheme. And at the present time, all of them know growth phases. In that sense the Ricardo's theory about international trade is validated, according to which international trade is positive for both countries. With an average growth rate of 3,75% each year between 1997 and 2005, the new comers have even known best results than the UE-15 (in average each year). [...]

[...] An important treaty was signed in 1992, the Maastricht treaty, which defined the different conditions of the Union, as the monetary common policy for example. The next step was with independent rich countries, Austria, Sweden and Finland with the Kofou Treaty in 1994. The “Europe of will not know enlargement process until 2003. But on the 9th, April European parliament accepted the adhesion of ten new countries: Estonia, Cyprus, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Malta and Slovenia. Bulgaria and Romania joined the Union in 2007. It has taken more than 10 years to accept new countries within European Union. [...]

[...] In that aim, this report will use a SWOT analysis. Part 1 : Evaluation of the different stakes under enlargement for economy in Europe (use of PESTEL as a tool) European enlargement is a complex and big scale project, and it is obvious that such a strategic plan does answer to substantial stakes in the position of Europe in the World trade. To evaluate the consequences and the targets of the enlargement from 15 countries to 27 enlargements phases), this report will use a PESTEL analysis. [...]

[...] That could explain the different fears coming from Europe of 15. Let's add that the growth for the new members allowed to slow down the progression of unemployment in the late 90's; indeed, the countries knew difficulties to adapt by themselves to the market economy and the consequences began to be felt first on the labour market with sudden increase of unemployment rate. Adhesion in Europe also meant a good transition to market economy for traditional communism countries, and allowed setting up the basis of macroeconomic stability, and stabilisation of the financial markets. [...]

[...] The different stakes of European enlargement (Pestel and Swot analysis) Introduction From the first step in its creation in 1957 by the Rome treaty, Europe was build by successive enlargement phases. Nowadays, Europe is an important player on the international market, maybe thanks to its critical size. However, it is hard to estimate its power in the international stage, in a changing environment. The aim of this report will be to analyse the different criterion that led European governments to gather, and analyse the relevance of the enlargement. [...]