For Kyiv, an alternative solution to "complete – full and equal" membership could be used by some member states as...
Read moreDetailsFor Kyiv, an alternative solution to "complete – full and equal" membership could be used by some member states as...
Read moreDetailsThe German chancellor proposes a political solution that would bring Kyiv closer to the EU institutions "immediately, without affecting the...
Read moreDetails"We will write the next chapters of our common history together," said European Commissioner for Enlargement and Slovenian diplomat Marta...
Read moreDetailsIf Podgorica negotiates a document that combines full membership with stronger accountability and safeguard mechanisms, "this could very well become...
Read moreDetailsThe Presidents of Ukraine and Moldova are among the first laureates of the new distinction granted by EU institutions to...
Read moreDetailsThe technical-level consultations between Budapest and Kyiv over the Hungarian minority's rights in Transcarpathia, starting on 19 May, could pave...
Read moreDetailsAfter almost two years of deadlock – the longest in the 15-year history of the EU's diplomatic initiative – HRVP...
Read moreDetailsTwo months after the cancelled trip and three weeks away from the third election in 16 months, the EU's enlargement...
Read moreDetailsWith the upcoming election of High Representative Schmidt's successor, Adnan Ćerimagić (European Stability Initiative) advises the EU to first reckon...
Read moreDetailsWhether the Protocol remains as it is or is amended to adapt these centres as return hubs, once Tirana is...
Read moreDetailsAn infographic explaining the current status of each candidate country by negotiating chapter
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
Since the introduction of the new methodology in 2021, EU accession negotiations have been structured into 33 negotiating chapters grouped into six clusters
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...