Addressing the plenary session in Strasbourg, President Milatović outlined his expectations for the final stretch of the accession process, almost...
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"Should the people of Iceland so decide" at the 29 August referendum, the conclusions on relations with non-EU Western European...
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At the second Accession Conference, negotiations on Cluster 1 – 'Fundamentals' finally started, paving the way towards the ambitious goal...
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Two years after the first Accession Conference, formal negotiations on Cluster 1 – 'Fundamentals' have finally begun. With Chișinău's EU...
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At the 27th Accession Conference, Chapters 2 (Free Movement of Workers) and 28 (Consumer and Health Protection) were provisionally finalised,...
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The 27 EU ambassadors approved the opening of Cluster 1 – 'Fundamentals' (5 negotiating chapters out of 33) with both...
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The Cyprus Presidency has proposed a potential compromise among the 27 member states on the next EU budget, which includes...
Read moreDetailsEU institutions should learn from football fans that a united Europe is “the best club to belong to”
"Ordinary citizens have travelled to enlargement countries that many politicians have never visited. It is Europe for them, and welcoming...
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Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg propose "temporary transitional limitations on voting rights" for future members in areas requiring...
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The dispute involving the community living in the Transcarpathia region has blocked Ukraine's EU accession path for years. Despite Magyar...
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How far are candidate countries along the path of EU accession negotiations?
An infographic explaining the current status of each candidate country by negotiating chapter
The size of NATO and non-NATO military forces in Europe
An interactive infographic on active and reserve personnel by country: NATO–EU members, EU-only or NATO-only members, and countries that are members of neither
Which countries are included in the EU’s free roaming area
Since 15 June 2017, 32 EU and non-EU countries have joined the 'Roam Like at Home' area, allowing their citizens to call, text and use mobile data in other participating members without paying extra charges....
The EU accession negotiations explained, in clusters and chapters
Since the introduction of the new methodology in 2021, EU accession negotiations have been structured into 33 negotiating chapters grouped into six clusters
What to expect from the 2026 EU–Western Balkans Summit in Montenegro
The green light for the six partners to join the EU's free roaming area, President Costa's visit to the entire region on the eve of the summit, and discussions on gradual integration – including German...
Ten years on, Switzerland is still not interested in joining the EU
The signing of a broad package of agreements represents the deepest form of integration reached since Bern withdrew its EU application in 2016. Covering areas from trade and transport to health and energy, the two...
Albania can now begin closing EU negotiating chapters
The eighth Accession Conference confirmed the fulfilment of the interim benchmarks and set the closing benchmarks for Cluster 1 – 'Fundamentals', allowing Tirana to move forward on its accession path. Commissioner Kos described the moment...
Germany and France push for “a new approach” to simplify the EU enlargement methodology
Ahead of the summits with the Western Balkans and Moldova, a non-paper proposes to "inject a new dynamism" to the accession process by cutting "over-formalised hurdles" for intermediate steps, opening "all relevant negotiation clusters" proposed...
Which EU countries do not recognise Kosovo
Almost all of the 27 member states have recognised Pristina's sovereignty following its independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008. Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, and Spain have not. An interactive map
North Macedonia has “no clear path forward” on EU accession
With the bilateral dispute with Bulgaria carried into the accession process and Skopje's unwillingness to make concessions, the stalemate is not expected to be resolved any time soon. However, if Albania and Montenegro were to...
