The enlarged EU of 27 members is in a process of reshaping its constitutional and political order, of continuing membership talks with candidate countries and taking on new obligations in international politics. This project sheds light on key issues and challenges of European integration. Institutes from all 27 EU member states as well as from Croatia and Turkey participate in the project. The aim is to give a full comparative picture of debates on European integration and current developments in European politics in each of these countries.

Topics discussed in EU-27 Watch, No. 6 / March 2008

· The future of Europe at the end of the Portuguese Presidency

· Western Balkans and Enlargement agenda

· The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and Russia

· Ongoing consultation on the budget review

· Other current issues of high salience in the member states

A detailed table of content allows readers to easily grasp key information and headlines of the country reports.

This new survey was conducted on the basis of a questionnaire that has been elaborated in November 2007 by all participating institutes. Most of the country reports were delivered at the beginning of February 2008. This issue and all previous issues of EU-27 Watch (formerly EU-25/27 Watch) are available on the homepage of EU-CONSENT (www.eu-consent.net) and on the internet sites of most of the contributing institutes, e.g. www.iep-berlin.de, www.sipri.org, or www.iai.it.

The Institute for European Politics (IEP) in Berlin coordinates and edits EU-27 Watch. Contact persons at the IEP are Barbara Lippert ( ) and Tanja Leppik ( ).

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