POL359Y1 Lecture Notes - Conditionality, Marshall Plan, Western European Union
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Membership of the european union is open to any european state which respects the values referred to in article 2 and is committed to promoting them (teu article 49). Those article 2 values are respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rules of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. Key question with eu is who can join. If your not a potential member of the eu then you can join the european. Osce organization for security operation of europe, legacy of csce includes countries outside of eu (including canada, us, russia, other former. Main role currently is protection of human minority rights and ensuring free and fair elections. Plus the ifi"s (intern"tl financial inst"tns) and civil society actors. Passive: destination of europe post 1989 became the eu it was a return and therefore became the ultimate foreign policy priority not deliberate policies.
