ABSTRACT
This section analyzes European integration and its effects on the foreign policies of the member countries and the latest enlargement of the European Union in respect to theories of integration. The European integration process has attracted a great deal of attention in the field of international relations. Various theories and conceptual approaches have been applied to the European integration process and to the politics of the European Union. By theorizing, the conditions and structure of the European Union are studied systematically and some predictions about the Union or the constituent parts are made. Chryssochoou argues that the efforts of theorizing about the structure and dynamics, forms and functions of European integration have created a situation in which little remains to be said.1 According to the same author, this should not lead to theoretical inaction; rather it should result in seeking for the refinement of the old attempts to explain the current and future conditions.
