Lien Jansen

Riding the wave? The impact of the Russian invasion on MEP behaviour regarding EU enlargement to the Western Balkan countries The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine is widely seen as accelerating the ‘return of geopolitics’ in EU policy-making, including in enlargement towards the Western Balkans. This article examines whet...

The invasion is thus reflected less in geopolitical discourse than in a renewed focus on conditionality as a vehicle for advancing the Western Balkans’ accession trajectory 🇪🇺

You can find the full publication here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Analyzing written parliamentary questions from the 2019-24 term, we show that rather than increasing security or geopolitical framing, MEPs placed greater emphasis on candidate countries implementing reforms and complying with accession criteria 📝✏️

Happy to share our new article in @jei-publication.bsky.social, in which @toinepaulissen.bsky.social, @stevenvanhecke.bsky.social and I examine the extent to which Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine affected enlargement politics in the European Parliament 🇪🇺

Evident but implicit? Europarties’ role in geo-politicising EU enlargement and the 2022 Russian invasion in Ukraine Transnational European political parties (or Europarties) are increasingly seen as key actors in EU external relations, particularly in Eastern Europe and the countries of the Western Balkans. This...

🔎 Want to know more? Check out the full paper below in European Politics and Society! ⬇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📜 New publication with @stevenvanhecke.bsky.social and Esther D'Haeninck!

💡 We examined how Europarties have responded to the EU’s so-called geopolitical awakening by assessing whether their approach to enlargement has changed since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Happy to have had the opportunity to attend and present my latest work on EU enlargement and the EP’s written parliamentary questions at the ECPR Parliaments Conference. Grateful for the organizers and all paper presenters! #sgop25

🧭 How the European Parliament can shape enlargement Often dismissed as a procedural bystander in EU enlargement, the European Parliament holds underused tools to shape outcomes — from budgetary leverage to informal diplomacy. Lien Jansen argues that th...

🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.20
🏰 The #EuropeanParliament is often dismissed as a procedural bystander in #EU enlargement, but @lienjansen.bsky.social argues that the EP can act strategically, if internal cohesion and inter-institutional cooperation align. @ecprsgeu.bsky.social
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Power beyond borders? Analysing formal and informal tools of the European Parliament in EU enlargement policy The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has seemingly created a new window of opportunity for (pre-)accession candidates, reigniting the European Union’s interest in the subject of enlargement. While ...

🌇 Power beyond borders? Analyzing formal and informal tools of the European Parliament in EU enlargement policy. By Lien Jansen, Toine Paulissen & Steven Van Hecke 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1478...

Together with @lienjansen.bsky.social and @stevenvanhecke.bsky.social, we examine why Denmark voted in favour of abolishing its defense opt-out in 2022 in a new study published Open Access in Politics and Governance.

You can read the full paper here: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...