Greater Europe


Greater Europe refers to the idea of an extended Europe. This generally implies a Europe which transcends traditional geographic boundaries to include trans-Eurasian countries, or countries in close proximity to continental Europe with strong political, economic, or cultural links to Europe.
, Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and EU-Russia Common Spaces

Definitions

The concept of Greater Europe may specifically deal with the current enlargement agenda or the potential future enlargement of the European Union.
It may also reference a more "re-unified" Europe following the fall of the Iron Curtain, 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.
to Vladivostok with all European and CIS countries
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.

Support

Several organizations exist promoting discussion and debate surrounding Greater Europe, among them the and the Youth Association for a Greater Europe. There are also several organizations which promote increased dialogue and greater economic and political integration among states within Greater Europe, including: