‘Keeping EU candidates on the line is risky’ | The matter

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OPINION Wouter Zweers and Jan Marinus Wiersma

While six Balkan countries have been sitting in the EU waiting room for 19 years, EC President von der Leyen promises Ukraine a European future. Two Clingendael experts hold their breath. “Formal discussion without any perspective gives the autocrats in candidate countries free rein.”

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