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EU enlargement commissioner warns EU candidates: Cut ties with MAGA
"We should not risk our future members developing dependencies on others that would run counter to our long-term interests," she said.
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Serbia buries Mladić as EU says glorification has no place in candidate countries
The bloc's diplomatic service issued its warning as thousands gathered in Belgrade for the funeral of the convicted war criminal.
Magyar says Ukraine is ‘not ready’ for the EU, echoing Orbán
The Prime Minister was cast by his predecessor as Kyiv's candidate during the April election campaign.
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Iceland’s ‘No’ vote: Lessons the EU still refuses to learn
Iceland's recent referendum shows the EU's ongoing communication failures.
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The Arctic rejection: Iceland delivers a humiliating reality check to Brussels
Iceland's recent referendum showed a clear rejection of EU accession, with 52.8% voting against it.
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Iceland joins Norway: Fish and sovereignty keep the Nordic outsiders beyond Brussels’s reach
Rural constituencies delivered the majorities in both electorates, and left governments defending an arrangement they never chose.
Le Pen and Farage hail Iceland’s ‘No’ to EU membership talks
Reform UK, National Rally and the European Conservatives and Reformists say the rejection of accession talks shows a Europe of sovereign nations is possible.
A sovereign nation: Iceland rejects reopening EU accession talks
Fishing communities overturned an early lead for the "Yes" camp in Reykjavík, denying Brussels the enlargement success story it had hoped for.
Iceland’s Prime Minister invokes Trump threat as EU vote narrows to a knife edge
Icelanders decide on August 29 whether to reopen accession talks frozen since 2013, with the latest poll putting the Yes camp less than three points ahead.
Armenian court remands former president Kocharyan in pre-trial custody
The Anti-Corruption Court ruled in his absence after the opposition leader was taken to hospital for a second time.
Armenian court orders two months in custody for Kocharyan’s son
Sedrak Kocharyan may receive visits only from his wife and children while prosecutors widen a case that now reaches a second former president.
Armenia detains former president Kocharyan a day after Pashinyan sets out EU bid
The leader of Armenia's main pro-Moscow opposition bloc faces charges of abuse of office, bribery and money laundering dating from his 1998-2008 presidency.
Pashinyan says Armenia could lodge EU membership bid in the near future
The Armenian Prime Minister told parliament a referendum on accession would follow only once a formal application had been submitted.
Iceland’s EU accession referendum splits voters 46-46 as Brussels hopes for enlargement boost
Icelanders decide on August 29 whether to restart accession talks frozen in 2013, in a ballot the European Commission hopes will revive its stalled enlargement drive.
Erdoğan says EU membership ‘no longer a priority’ for Turkey
"We are still considering joining the European Union. If they accept us, all the better, if they don't, that's fine too".
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The European Union’s enlargement will pull it apart
Recent polling indicates a drastic decline in Polish support for Ukraine's EU membership, dropping from 90% to 50%, highlighting challenges ahead for Ukraine's accession…
Putin presses Armenia to hold referendum on EU or Eurasian bloc membership
Nikol Pashinyan told the Russian president a vote was only possible once Yerevan had formally applied to join the European Union.
New Moldovan government takes office with EU accession as top priority
Prime Minister Vasile Tofan, a political newcomer drawn from private equity, has promised to accelerate the membership bid and deliver a more efficient State.
Commission puts cost of Montenegro’s EU accession at ‘less than a coffee’
The seven-year package, reported to be worth around €3.2 billion, is built on the assumption that the small Balkan country joins the European Union in 2028.
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Ukrainian death threats against President Nawrocki and warnings of war on Poland
Zelensky also pulled out of attending a conference on the recovery of Ukraine held in Gdańsk last week.
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Fast track for Ukraine, leverage for Hungary, nothing for Poland
Hungary's recent agreement with Ukraine highlights the EU's selective approach to accession, granting minority rights concessions only when leverage is applied.
Montenegro tells MEPs it is ready to become EU’s 28th member by 2028
No country has joined the EU since Croatia in 2013, and enlargement has drawn criticism from some member states.
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Ukraine and Moldova open first cluster of EU accession talks after Hungary lifts Orbán veto
For the first time, the EU is negotiating membership with a country under invasion and a neighbour living in the war's shadow.
Albania protests against Kushner resort swell as EU warns over accession bid
Rama, a socialist, has rejected calls to resign and defended the scheme, saying an environmental impact assessment would be completed.
Ukrainian membership plan: A Union of equals or an asylum for corrupt states?
The diplomatic deadlock has been broken and Brussels bigwigs are throwing a party.
Montenegro pulls ahead in race to join EU as leaders gather in Tivat
Montenegro and Albania have emerged as frontrunners for membership, outpacing neighbours such as Serbia and Bosnia.
EU prepares to open formal Ukraine accession talks after Hungary lifts veto
The veto was originally imposed by former prime minister Viktor Orbán, who blocked progress on Kyiv's membership bid for two years.
Hungary lifts veto on Ukraine’s EU accession bid
The shift came during a meeting of ambassadors in Brussels, where the Hungarian representative signalled the withdrawal of objections.
New Hungarian government signals it could lift Ukraine and Moldova EU veto
The opening of the first negotiating "cluster" could take place at an intergovernmental conference in Luxembourg on June 15.
Moldova could seek union with Romania if EU path stalls
Osmochescu insisted, though, that Moldova's aim remained signing an EU accession treaty by the end of 2028.