ABSTRACT
In this part, the impact of European Union membership on nation states will be examined. It is a fact that EU exerts influence on its member states. Within the concept of European foreign policy, the foreign policies of the member states have been changed by participation in policy making at the European level. Several years of cooperation have transformed the making of national foreign policies within all member states. Each crisis and each failure leads to modest but cumulative improvements in commitment of the member states and the procedure to have a common policy. This development counterbalanced the existence of national foreign policies.1 EU membership or even prospects of it causes drastic domestic changes. This process is referred to as the “Europeanization” of national foreign policies.2
