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That a EU that began with six Western European countries in 1957 had 27 members and covered most of the European continent by 2007 bears strong witness to the triumph of integration. Practically everyone conventionally labeled European, except the Norwegians, the Swiss, and the western Balkan states of the ex-Yugoslavia, has joined the EU.1 It was no accident, therefore, that most respondents argued that enlargement should be on the list of the EU’s great successes, right after the single market and EMU.
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Ross, G. (2011). Enlargement: Triumphs and Trials. In: The European Union and Its Crises. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230343306_3
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