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New EU Enlargement Strategy Recommendation

Summary

The European Parliament recommends a revamped EU enlargement strategy to enhance geopolitical stability and security. It calls for a more dynamic, merit-based process that integrates candidate countries gradually into EU policies.
9 23.11.2022
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Key points

  • Enlargement is identified as a key strategic tool for European security and peace, especially in response to Russian aggression.
  • The process must remain based on established legal criteria and the principle that countries freely choose their own path.
  • The EU should move toward a more flexible methodology that allows candidate countries to gradually join EU policies and markets as they progress.
  • Decision-making processes within the EU should be reformed, specifically by removing the requirement for total agreement (unanimity) when starting or closing negotiation chapters.
Documents (PDFs)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the new EU strategy for enlargement New EU strategy for enlargement
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