Internal Mobilization and European Integration. Polish Lessons and Macedonian Experience

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  • Spasimir Domaradzki University of Warsaw, Poland

Keywords:

European integration, EU enlargement, North Macedonia, internal mobilization, civil society, Europeanization

Abstract

The process of European integration gained extensive enlargement track record. The consecutive waves of newcomers expanded the Union and enriched it with their own experience. Each country, due to its specificities, delivers another pattern of reproachment, different timelines and most of the times, successful membership in the EU.
The purpose of this text is to explore the existing nexus of the current Macedonian government narrative on the relations with the EU and its implications for the advancement on it. Using Poland as a source of enlargement related experience, this paper stresses the role of internal mobilization as a driver of European integration and argues that in the Macedonian case, structural improvements can be made, in order to improve the role of civil society in the European debate. Hence, this paper aims to encourage a reflection on the nature of the current enlargement related dynamics in Macedonian politics and its implications for Skopje’s EU membership perspective.

Author Biography

Spasimir Domaradzki, University of Warsaw, Poland

Spasimir Domaradzki Ph.D holds a doctorate in political science from the Jagiellonian University. Assistant professor at the Department of European Union Institutions and Law at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies of the University of Warsaw and Senior Analyst and Head of the Integration and Conflicts in Europe Team at the Institute of Central Europe in Lublin. Wilbur Fellow at the Catholic University of America, Washington D.C (2008). In the past served multiple times as an OSCE election observer. Between 2013 and 2014, he was a member of the Laboratory of Ideas program at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland. Visegrad Insight Fellow since 2019 and a member of Team Europe, Poland. His research interests include Central and Eastern Europe politics, European integration with particular emphasis on the EU enlargement and its impact on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, as well as human rights

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2026-10-29

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Domaradzki, S. (2026). Internal Mobilization and European Integration. Polish Lessons and Macedonian Experience. Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, 1(1), 18-31. Retrieved from https://www.identitiesjournal.edu.mk/index.php/IJPGC/article/view/730

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture: Special Issue

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