ENLARGEMENT : NEW TREATY GIVES MEMBER STATES AN EXIT CLAUSE FOR FIRST TIME.(European Union) From: Europe-East | Date: November 28, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Europolitics. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Despite growing enlargement fatigue' among EU citizens following the big bang' enlargement in May 2004 and the smaller scale enlargement in 2007, EU leaders have decided not to toughen up accession criteria for potential newcomers. But for the first time in the history of European integration they have decided to give member states the right to withdraw from the Union. Although to date none of the current members has publicly stated its intention to leave the EU (and the queue to...