The EU weary of enlargement

The Treaty of Lisbon has been in effect since December 1, 2009. Although it was meant to form the basis for discussion on new membership, no one today is talking about EU enlargement any more, writes the daily Postimees. "In fact the appeal of EU enlargement began to wane even earlier. In Western Europe the topic was already out of vogue in 2005. That was also one of the reasons behind the failure of the EU Constitution in referendums in France and the Netherlands. The EU's ensuing internal crisis didn't make matters any better, so that since the accession of Romania and Bulgaria people are really only talking about Croatia as a possible member. True, Iceland was also put on the list last year, but it's in an entirely different league. Meanwhile Turkey and the other candidates in the Balkans have been forgotten entirely, and that's not about to change in the decade to come."

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