Staff & Research Areas
Working Groups
Enlargement Group
Researcher: David Walker
Chair: Andrew O'Rourke
The Enlargement Group is chaired by Andrew O'Rourke.
About the Enlargement Group:
The project monitors ongoing progress in the Enlargement process and analyses the implications for Ireland. The focus of the work-programme for the next six months is on Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Iceland and Turkey. The enlargement group also participates in EU wide projects such as EU25 Watch.
To find out about upcoming events in this area, please consult this page.
Previous speakers on enlargement include, amongst others:
Danuta Hubner, Former EU Commissioner for Regional Policy
Michael Leigh, Director General of DG Enlargement
Graham Avery, Honorary Director-General of the European Commission
Lyubomir Kyuchoukov, Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister
Krisiina Ojuland, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ermelinda Meksi, Albanian Minister of European Integration
Ilinka Mitreva, Macadeonian Minister for Foreign Affairs,
John Palmer, Governing Board EPC
Kirsty Hughes, Senior Research Fellow CEPS
Karen Smith, Professor LSE
Chris Morris, BBC Correspondent and Author
David Walker
Researcher
Enlargement Group