Georgia

While the Commission has proposed two possible solutions to maintain support in 2026-2027, amounting to €90 billion, the funding gap over the next two years stands at roughly €135 billion – an estimate that could...

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...

An infographic explaining the current status of each candidate country by negotiating chapter

For the fourth consecutive year, the annual gathering of EU leaders with their Western Balkan counterparts will take place on the eve of the last European Council of the year. In 2026, it will move...

With more than half of the work still to be completed in less than a year, "nothing in the current political or institutional environment suggests such momentum," warns Zvezdana Kovač, Strategy and Outreach Director at...

Because of Hungary's veto on Ukraine – despite several attempts for compromise – the formal text expected to be adopted by the General Affairs Council was rejected and transformed into Presidency's conclusions. "Our attempts to...

At the seventh Accession Conference, ministerial discussions began on Cluster 5 – 'Resources, Agriculture and Cohesion'. "The next years are the moment of truth," said Commissioner Kos, stressing that Tirana's "success" will be determined by...

While EU membership is not a central topic in public debates across the three Nordic countries, geopolitical uncertainty and the burden of passively accepting decisions from Brussels could lead to a strategic shift. The fisheries...

All the countries involved in the potential EU enlargement process, aiming at joining the European Union in the future

The European Commission's new Directorate-General for Enlargement and the Eastern Neighbourhood has replaced the former DG NEAR. The name change is intended to signal a renewed focus on the EU accession process