BREXIT’İN AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ’NİN GENİŞLEME POLİTİKASI VE AVRUPA KOMŞULUK POLİTİKASI’NA ETKİLERİ

EU Abstract Enlargement Policy and the European Neighbourhood Policy are effective foreign policy instruments of the European Union (EU) and currently these policies have been subject to criticisms from time to time due to the EU’s deepening problems, impact of the economic crisis, migration, terrorism and the public opinion which currently hard to ignore. Therefore, Brexit emerges as a new factor that affect these policies. With Brexit, it became evident that the EU foreign policy which carries intergovernmental characteristics will be decided through the France-Germany axis as witnessed in the October 2019 Summit’s enlargement policy related decisions. Consequences of Brexit and the negative approach of the European public opinion towards these policies may have negative impacts on the enlargement and the neighbourhood countries which already have fragile economic and political structures. However, it is possible to mention that the future of the EU and the differentiated integration debates will continue to determine the enlargement and neighbourhood policies of the EU after Brexit.