The study on the geopolitical conflicts and coexistence between France and Germany in the course of the EU-Expansion during the early 21st century : Centering around analyzing the geopolitical strategies on the European continent of both countries

This study consists to analyze the conflicts on the expansion of the EU in the early 21st century, through comparing the geopolitical interests of France and Germany. By doing this, this study aims to explore an alternative policy for the coexistence of the geopolitical interests of both countries in the course of the EU-Expansion. Concerning the EU-geopolitical construction, France prefers to consolidate the politico-economic integration of the existing Southern European member states to the EU. And she wants to expand the geopolitical sphere of influence of Europe toward the Mediterranean region. On the contrary, Germany supports the eastward expansion of the EU into Eastern Europe. And she seeks to make European geopolitical influences on Central Asia. This interest conflict between both countries has happened, because the geopolitical strategy of France is based on the Western European centrality and that of Germany has been developed by the Central European centrality. In order to minimize this geopolitical clash on the EU-Expansion between both countries, it would be necessary to develop and to implement constantly the European Neighborhood Policy, of which objective is to stabilize the neighboring regions of the EU and to increase the interdependence with them.