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Now playing Next Europe Decoded The EU says it must enlarge. But why did it stop in the first place? Enlargement is regularly touted as the EU’s most effective foreign policy, but since its biggest wave of new members joined in 2004, the process has largely stalled. 05/10/2023
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Now playing Next Europe News Germany, France pitch EU reform as bloc prepares for new members France and Germany on Tuesday will present their joint pitch on how the EU could adapt to new members during a meeting of European affairs ministers in Brussels. 19/09/2023
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Now playing Next Europe News EU foreign affairs ministers call for meeting with candidate countries EU foreign ministers called on Thursday for a meeting with their counterparts from Ukraine and the western Balkans -- all candidate countries to the bloc -- by the end of September to discuss the enlargement process. 01/09/2023
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Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Is the Western Balkans' EU membership dream a slowly fading prospect? Twenty years after promises of quick accession made at the Thessaloniki Summit, the current vision in Brussels is not opening new and better perspectives for aspirant countries, Vesko Garčević writes. 01/06/2023
Now playing Next world news Curing the "enlargement blues" - a top priority for the EU The war in Ukraine has accelerated the need for Brussels to stabilise its eastern borders. 23/05/2023
Now playing Next Europe News A brief history of Turkey's long road to join the European Union Turkey's ambition to join the European Union has gone through multiple ups and downs since the application was first submitted in 1987. 16/05/2023
Now playing Next Europe News A European Ukraine is a rejection of Putin's imperialism, says Scholz Speaking in Strasbourg, the German Chancellor made the case for a geopolitical, reformed and enlarged European Union. 09/05/2023
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Now playing Next Europe News IMF praises Ukraine's resilience as country pushes for $15B loan In an interview with Euronews, Kristalina Georgieva said the IMF was ready to support Ukraine's accession to the EU but the process would take a "long time." 21/02/2023
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