From Tbilisi to Chișinău and Kyiv, a beacon of hope shines in blue and yellow.
We have taken a monumental stride towards fostering a more robust European family – with EU leaders deciding to:
✔ open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova,
✔ grant candidate status to Georgia,
✔ open negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina once the necessary degree of compliance with the membership criteria is reached.
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Franco-German experts unveiled a proposal for sweeping structural reforms to the European Union as pressure builds to bring in new member countries by the end of the decade.
Eight countries are currently candidates to join the EU.
The report, commissioned by the EU’s two biggest countries, aims to overhaul rules and prepare to govern in a union of 30 or more nations.
The authors envision a model EU in four concentric circles.
Some western Balkan leaders are growing increasingly frustrated that Ukraine is leapfrogging their countries in the EU accession process, adding further delays to their decades-long efforts to join the bloc.
Brussels has handled Kyiv’s accession bid with record speed since Russia’s full-scale invasion last year.
The European Union is open to Georgia becoming a member, the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Thursday, but warned Tbilisi needed to implement sweeping reforms to get candidate status.
The EU recognised Georgia's "European perspective" last year but deferred its membership application, while granting candidacy to Ukraine and Moldova, arguing Tbilisi needed to make changes first.
The ‘monumental consequences’ of Ukraine joining the EU.
Kyiv’s desire for membership has raised profound questions about the union’s capacity to accept new members — and the future of the European project.
The idea that might have seemed preposterous even 18 months ago is now being taken seriously. Though many member state officials and diplomats privately question whether it will really happen.