Is there a tension between widening (enlargement) and deepening (regulation) in the EU, and if so, what?

Question

With specific reference to the Common Foreign and Security Policy if possible

Answer 1

I don't know what the h**l you're talking about.  But we should Invade the European Union and from there, perhapse the rest of the world.  

Will you join me?

Answer 2

Sounds like a question for a school paper. In which case I doubt your professor is going to accept answers credited to Yahoo!Answers. Because, of course, you are going to credit others -- you aren't going to use our words as your own in your assignment, right?

The wider the EU gets, the harder it will be to regulate, because of the population size, the cultural diversity of such, and the diversity of historic laws that many regions are unwilling to let go of. Also, it's easier to secure a smaller region than a larger one, but because of the land size and because a smaller region isn't as diverse as a larger one.

Answer 3

IMAGINE 25 COUNTRIES IN A CLUB, AND EACH MEMBER WITH A VETO........IF THAT IS NOT TENSION ENOUGH, THEN IAM OUT OF HERE!

SIMPLY PUT, MEMBER COUNTRIES ARE WALKING A VERY TIGHT ROPE TRYING TO MAKE A TREATY THAT HAS NOT BEEN UNIVERSALLY RECTIFIED BY ALL MEMBERS WORK. THERE ARE COUNTRIES IN THE EU WHO WILL TOMORROW SELL ARMS TO IRAN IF WE ALL DONT PAY CLOSE ATTENTION, THERE ARE OTHERS WHO WILL LOCK UP IMMIGRANTS UP TO 18 MONTHS FOR CROSSING HER BORDERS WITHOUT VALID PAPERS, AND STILL THERE ARE THOSE WHO AT THE FACE OF HIGH COST OF TRASPORTATION AND HEATING FUEL WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT INTREST RATES; MAYBE A LITTLE SUBVENTION TO THEIR FARMERS, BUT CANT BECAUSE OF EU REGULATIONS. IN SPAIN WE HAVE 650000 UNSOLD HOMES WITH NO BUYERS IN SIGHT;  EU BETTER COME UP FAST WITH REAL AND PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS OR THE WHOLE IDEA OF A "UNION" WILL BE LOST WHEN THE ITALIAN AND FRENCH PRESIDENTS FIND THEIR VOICE.