Macron and Merz propose a #phased EU enlargement: #singlemarket access #before accession, conditional on a broad package of #reforms. For this to work, their plan needs to be coupled with António Costa’s call to curb #veto power that can stall reform progress.
Is EU development aid still about poverty reduction?
Our research finds: yes but strategic interests matter too. Migration, geopolitics and raw materials increasingly shape aid flows.
Paper in comments
With: @camille-reverdy.bsky.social @niclaspoitiers.bsky.social & Anna Bahi Esteba @bruegel.org
🔑 #Macron and #Merz need to tackle the veto to really unlock #EU enlargement
❌ The role of vetoes in the enlargement process be reviewed for any plan to jumpstart progress to be effective.
Read the First Glance by @nina-vujanovic.bsky.social
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Macron & Merz proposed #phased #EUenlargement. For Montenegro- 18 years into its EU path and nearing reform completion- adding new stages now is hardly appealing.
I thank @grimmse.bsky.social of @diepressecom.bsky.social, a knowledgeable journalist on the Balkans, for the interview at @bruegel.org