title: Politics and Society The Ukrainian crisis and the future of EU Enlargement The EU enlargement Merit-based or a politically driven process
abstract: The embryonically conceived vision for a free Europe as an inevitable premise to strengthen the modern civilization has been deeply rooted in the European unification as a powerful historical urge, deriving from the structural and irreversible crisis of European nation-states. The unification of the continent based on lasting peace, prosperity, freedom and equality have been the values agreed to be accepted and implemented by the member states and to be applied as well by all aspiring countries 
journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)