Title: Spreading Security: Europe and the “Schengenization” of the Neighborhood Policy
Abstract: The aim of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is to create a “security community” in which the EU and its neighbours can enjoy “close, peaceful and co-operative relations”. I argue that, despite its stated objectives, the role that security plays in the ENP is more controversial than its proponents would suggest. Rather than corollary to the incentives that the EU offers to the neighbours, the security provisions in the ENP actually encroach on the promise of greater access to the EU’s Common Market. In turn, the ENP seems to reflect a EU-centric vision of regional security, challenging the claim that it represents a real partnership between the EU and its neighbours. In order to explain why the ENP has acquired these features, I propose a sociological account based on the notion of “Schengen culture of security”. From this perspective, the ENP was securitised as a result of the recent consolidation within the EU of this culture’s underlying assumptions and practices and their “spread” to the Union’s policy towards its neighbours.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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