Greater Europe

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The concept of Greater Europe may specifically deal with the current enlargement agenda or the potential future enlargement of the European Union.{{Cn|date=May 2023}}

It may also reference a more "re-unified" Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain,{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MzlYIgAACAAJ&q=%22Greater+Europe%22 |title=Towards greater Europe?: a Continent without an iron curtain |publisher=Blackwell Publishers |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-631-18551-2}} the intensification of European integration, the potential establishment of a Federal Europe, or to the concept of the Eurosphere and of Europe's increasing global influence.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/monitoring/36621.stm Russian media reports on Yeltsin's pledge to cut troops]; BBC News; 3 December 1997; retrieved 7 August 2008[http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1433,1578602,00.html EU and Russia Agree to Strengthen Ties]; DW-world; 10 May 2005; retrieved 7 August 2008[http://www.euractiv.com/section/central-europe/news/commission-creates-wider-europe-task-force/ Commission creates 'Wider Europe' task force]; EurActiv; 10 July 2003; retrieved 7 August 2008

Other definitions of Greater Europe may include all European states and CIS countries or all European states and the post-Soviet states of the Eurasian Economic Union; theoretically stretching from Lisbon to Vladivostok.{{Cn|date=May 2023}}

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Several organizations exist promoting discussion and debate surrounding Greater Europe, among them the [https://www.institutegreatereurope.com/ Institute for a Greater Europe] and the Youth Association for a Greater Europe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.institutegreatereurope.com/|title=Institute for a Greater Europe|website=IGE|language=en|access-date=2020-04-08}} There are also several organizations which promote increased dialogue and greater economic and political integration among states within Greater Europe, including{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}:

• Assembly of European Regions
• Commonwealth of Independent States
• Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations
• Council of Europe
• Eastern Partnership
• Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
• Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• European Higher Education Area
• European Olympic Committees
• European Political Community
• Mediterranean Union
• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
• Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
• TRACECA

The vision of a common economic space from Lisbon to Vladivostok has been debated since the 1950s. The Lisbon Vladivostok Initiative believes that this vision can be turned into reality, and sees a multi-level partnership between the European Union (EU) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) as the core aspect of a common economic space. Cooperation between the EU and EAEU could bring enormous benefits for trade and business in Europe and Eurasia. The Initiative was founded in 2015 and is driven by businesses, business associations, and think tanks from member countries of the EU and EAEU. Among the founding members are [https://www.deutsch-russisches-forum.de/ the German-Russian Forum], [https://russland.ahk.de/en/ the German Chamber of Commerce], and the [https://www.ost-ausschuss.de/de/german-eastern-business-association German Eastern Business Association], as well as international corporations such as Siemens, [https://www.bosch.com/ Bosch], [https://www.severstal.com/ Severstal] and others. Today, the Initiative counts on more than 100 members from 12 countries from the EU and EAEU. It sees itself as an open circle involving all countries from Lisbon to Vladivostok.[https://doaj.org/article/f337b479f08f4556806418a3b514473a The Concept of Greater Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok: Problems and Perspectives][https://schneider-group.com/en/news/schneider-group-press/press-release-lisbon-vladivostok-business-initiative-logistics-proposals/ Lisbon-Vladivostok business initiative: logistics proposals]

The markets of the EU and the EAEU cover more than 630 million inhabitants. Despite different levels of development of the two unions, by creating lasting networks between officials, maintaining continual dialogue, and through the establishment of a common economic area in the countries of the EU and the EAEU, it may be possible to combat European and Eurasian issues of the future more effectively.

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• Continentalism
• Pan-Africanism
• Pan-Asianism, a similar movement in Asia
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• Eurafrica
• Eurasia
• Eurosphere
• European integration
• Foreign relations of the European Union
• Politics of Europe
• Pro-Europeanism
• Regions of Europe

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• {{cite web|url= http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/reports/104630.pdf |title=Report on the Implementation of the European Security Strategy - Providing Security in a Changing World - Brussels, 11 December 2008 S407/08 }}
• [http://aei.pitt.edu/58017/1/greater_europe_net-46.pdf Greater Europe: Putin's vision of Europe (Dis)integration] by Marek Menkiszak

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