Popular articles tagged "EU accession"
Hungary's recent agreement with Ukraine highlights the EU's selective approach to accession, granting minority rights concessions only when leverage is applied.
No country has joined the EU since Croatia in 2013, and enlargement has drawn criticism from some member states.
For the first time, the EU is negotiating membership with a country under invasion and a neighbour living in the war's shadow.
The diplomatic deadlock has been broken and Brussels bigwigs are throwing a party.
Montenegro and Albania have emerged as frontrunners for membership, outpacing neighbours such as Serbia and Bosnia.
The veto was originally imposed by former prime minister Viktor Orbán, who blocked progress on Kyiv's membership bid for two years.
The shift came during a meeting of ambassadors in Brussels, where the Hungarian representative signalled the withdrawal of objections.
The opening of the first negotiating "cluster" could take place at an intergovernmental conference in Luxembourg on June 15.
Osmochescu insisted, though, that Moldova's aim remained signing an EU accession treaty by the end of 2028.
The question on the ballot will be: "Should negotiations on Iceland's membership in the European Union start again?"
"We are EU fanatics, and EU fanatics cannot place a veto on EU decisions," PM Rama said.
Meloni has repeatedly framed the agreement not only as a tool for protecting Italy's national borders.
The agreement allows Rome to process certain asylum claims in facilities on Albanian territory.
The European Commissioner for Enlargement has urged the bloc's member states to formally open all six negotiation clusters with Ukraine "as soon as possible".
European Union leaders have moved to advance Ukraine's membership bid, pressing ahead with accession negotiations in a Hungary reshaped by an election that Brussels…
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, told a conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday that new member states should join…
Romania has completed 24 of the 25 committee reviews required to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). One hurdle remains.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has publicly stated that she would vote in favour of unification with Romania if a referendum were held on the matter.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced his government's resignation, just minutes before a scheduled sixth no-confidence vote in parliament, following…
Bosnia and Herzegovina has moved a step closer to receiving almost €1 billion in European Union funds after the European Commission approved its programme of reforms…
What happened after Croatia finally joined the European Union shows how fast countries are left on their own once the European spotlight fades, according to a Croatian…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has had a brutal few weeks.
European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos is pushing for Ukraine's accession to the European Union - despite a number of corruption scandals that have hit…
The Ambassador of Albania says he wants "everyone, even influencers" to support the country's push to join the European Union.
The European Union should press ahead with its plans to expand to Ukraine, even if Hungary refuses to agree, the European Commission’s enlargement chief said today.
The European Union and Albania started new talks on the country's accession to the bloc today, though signs from Albania's neighbours in the western Balkans suggest…
The European Council's president António Costa has taken a soft stance toward Serbia’s populist leader, Aleksandar Vučić—even after Vučić stood beside Vladimir…
Serbia's bid to join the European Union could stall unless the government speeds up reforms of the judiciary, media and election laws, European Commissioner for…
Turkey should be given a "fair" shot at becoming a member of the European Union, according to its Brussels-based ambassador Faruk Kaymakci.
The Armenian parliament has approved a Bill to begin the process of joining the European Union.
