Abstract
Since the creation of the European Union, a community of fifteen states defined in the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, the question of enlargement is subject to controversy. The years pass, the European project more fictional than real continues to face the harsh reality of a heterogeneous Europe and without cohesion. In this climate of uncertainty that many countries are pursuing the dream of joining the community. European stability is precarious and its construction seems to stagnate.
This is the whole of Europe, composed of member states and candidate states of the former Eastern bloc who questions his place, his prospects in an economy it is one of the bridges Cardinals, with the United States and Japan. This does not prevent the EU from pursuing its policy of enlargement. Despite many misconceptions, the European Union is always coming to involve widening and deepening. Moreover, despite some reforms needed to build to accommodate future entrants, it will need the European Union to continue this policy of expansion. This position does not yet unanimity within the European public and even within nation-states that compose it.
In this essay we will try to answer several questions to better understand the agreements established between the European Union and Eastern Europe.
