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<journal-id>1645-9199</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Relações Internacionais (R:I)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Relações Internacionais]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1645-9199</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[IPRI-UNL]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1645-91992025000200095</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.23906/ri2025.86a07</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Zamor: quando o cansaço do alargamento é acompanhado pelo cansaço da adesão]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pereira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pascoal Santos]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Porto ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>86</numero>
<fpage>95</fpage>
<lpage>108</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1645-91992025000200095&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1645-91992025000200095&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1645-91992025000200095&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo Na sequência da adesão de 12 Estados candidatos no período de 2004 a 2007, o processo de alargamento da União Europeia atravessou um período relativamente longo de estagnação. Com exceção da Croácia, que aderiu em 2013, nenhum dos outros Estados balcânicos que apresentou a candidatura viu o seu propósito realizado até ao presente. O objetivo deste artigo é explorar fatores explicativos para a duração invulgar dos processos de candidatura atuais e que têm levado a um simultâneo «cansaço do alargamento» e «cansaço da adesão». O caso específico da Macedónia do Norte será usado como estudo de caso.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Following the accession of twelve candidate states between 2004 and 2007, the European Union&#8217;s enlargement process stagnated for a prolonged period. Except for Croatia, which became a member in 2013, none of the other Balkan states that applied for membership have achieved this goal. This article aims to recap the evolution of the Enlargement Policy since 2004 and to explore explanatory factors for the uncommon duration of these applications and which have led to a simultaneous &#8216;enlargement fatigue&#8217; and &#8216;accession fatigue&#8217;. The specific case of North Macedonia will be used as a case study.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Europeia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Política de Alargamento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[cansaço da adesão]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Macedónia do Norte]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Union]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Enlargement Policy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[accession fatigue]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[North Macedonia]]></kwd>
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