Professor of European Union Law and Jean Monnet Chair, Ghent European Law Institute (GELI), UGent; Visiting Professor College of Europe
https://www.ugent.be/re/epir/en/researchgroups/european-law/department/staff/petervanelsuwege
Peter Van Elsuwege
Another day, another non-paper about EU #enlargement ... This time issued by the Benelux countries, France and Germany focussing on the need for stricter #RuleofLaw safeguards.
Enhanced post-accession conditionality and further differentiation on the agenda.
An important day for #Armenia www.bbc.com/news/article...
Incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is seeking a third term despite falling domestic support.
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Peter Van Elsuwege
German Chancellor Merz proposed an 'Associate Membership' for #Ukraine. Whereas the political inspiration of the proposal is clear, its translation into practice raises significant questions... @romanpetroveulaw.bsky.social @verfassungsblog.de
#EU #enlargement verfassungsblog.de/towards-an-a...
With the 20th #sanctions package, the EU activates for the first time its anti-circumvention tool against #Kyrgyztan, implying a ban to sell, supply, transfer or export certain machine tools and telecommunication equipment to this country...
finance.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-adop...
Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg want tougher safeguards for new EU countries to avoid a repeat of the Orbán era.
The joint proposal pitches a "non-regression clause", a faster Article 7 and a pause on veto right.
I have all the details.
The Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of the 20th Russia sanctions package, that puts further pressure on Russia to engage in negotiations and do so on terms acceptable for Ukraine.
finance.ec.europa.eu
Peter Van Elsuwege
Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg want stronger safeguards to act faster against democratic and legal breaches in future EU members. The proposal reflects the lessons learned fr...
For background reading, see: verfassungsblog.de/towards-an-a...
Joint declaration following the first #Armenia #EU Summit, a remarkable development in the EU's eastern neighbourhood
data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...
Follow up after the Alden Biesen meeting: a roadmap towards 'One Europe, One market' by the end of 2027
#EU #InternalMarket
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Peter Van Elsuwege
Peter Van Elsuwege
Sunday's vote signalled diminishing influence in a region once dominated by Russia, despite reported threats from Moscow and claims of interference. #EuropeNews
'One Europe, one market' ... completing the common market, the internal market and the single market #AldenBiesen #EUCO ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
One Europe, One Market. This was indeed the headline of the discussion, and this is our ambition. One Europe, One Market. We want to be there at the end of 2027. We had an excellent discussion with th
Upcoming online workshop, discussing German Chancellor Merz's proposal of 'Associated Membership' for #Ukraine 👇
Peter Van Elsuwege
Roman Petrov
It seems the efforts against #sanctions circumvention via #Kyrgyzstan have some effect: www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan...
Kyrgyzstan has taken sweeping action to clamp down on companies suspected of circumventing Western sanctions imposed on Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
With the 20th #sanctions package, the EU activates for the first time its anti-circumvention tool against #Kyrgyztan, implying a ban to sell, supply, transfer or export certain machine tools and telecommunication equipment to this country...
finance.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-adop...
The Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of the 20th Russia sanctions package, that puts further pressure on Russia to engage in negotiations and do so on terms acceptable for Ukraine.
