European Commission plans 'gradual, reversible' enlargement – DW – 03/20/2024
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The European Commission said the EU could admit new members gradually, where countries adopt the bloc's policies before full membership. It said that enlargement would give the EU "greater geopolitical weight."
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    The report suggested Brussels could allow candidate countries to integrate partially into the EU before being afforded full membership.

    Amid the suggested EU reforms, the report recommended shifting from requiring unanimity to needing qualified majority voting in certain areas of foreign and security policy.

    The Commission report also insisted that the bloc needs to “maintain undisputed respect for and continued application of the EU’s core values” when admitting new members.

    In recent years, the Commission has withheld EU budget payments to Hungary and Poland — both states that acceded to the union in 2004 — over rule of law disputes.

    Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had threatened to veto the start of Kyiv’s membership negotiations but then left a summit conference room during a vote, effectively allowing talks to open.

    Earlier this month, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock urged the countries of the Western Balkans to join the bloc as a way to stave off Russian influence in southeastern Europe.

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