Maritime Europe and EU enlargement. A geopolitical perspective |
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| Authors: | Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero Juan Carlos Rodríguez Mateos |
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| Institution: | University of Seville, Department of Human Geography, C/ María de Padilla, s/n, 41004 Seville, Spain |
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| Abstract: | The 2004 enlargement of the European Union (EU), as well as the further enlargements planned from 2007 onwards (Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Turkey), entail changes of a geo-political nature that not only imply an increase in size (a rise in the number of States, new boundaries), but, more especially, also involve a shift in the EU's maritime status, with its projection towards the Atlantic now being checked by a swing towards continental Europe and its inland seas. In view of the new political map being drawn up, two questions beg to be asked: to what extent is Europe's maritime condition being strengthened; and, does the new maritime Europe constitute an opportunity, or does it aggravate the already-existing problems and threats? |
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| Keywords: | EU enlargement Maritime Europe Marine geography and geo-economy Maritime vs continental States |
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