| Lecturer | Prof. Jan Zielonka, European Politics and Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow, St Antony's College, University of Oxford |
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| Introductory Remarks | Dr Barbara Rhode, Head of Science and Technology Section, and Minister-Counsellor, EU Delegation |
| Moderator | Prof. Hidetoshi Nakamura |
| Date | 14 May 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Participants | 265 |
Professor Zielonka presented the most fundamental implications of the eastern enlargement of the EU as being in the fields of democracy, economic governance, and foreign policy. He argued that if the deepening of European integration is measured by the level of its cohesion, convergence or fusion, then these are contradictory to the widening of the EU through enlargement. However, enlargement is an effective measure for the EU to deal with the instability of neighboring countries. According to Professor Zielonka, the diversity caused by enlargement need not herald the end of European integration, and for an enlarged EU, we need to think of more pluralistic and flexible governance, which will in turn bring European governance closer to the citizens.