Despite some setbacks, expansion into ex-communist Europe was a historic success
“The EU must ensure this enlargement process allows candidates to receive the rewards of reform in phases rather than all at the end. EU governance needs revamping, too, to ensure it can function at 35-plus members — including expanding majority voting and allowing “coalitions of the willing” to press on with deeper integration. None of this will be easy. But the geopolitical stakes are today far higher than in 2004. Along with ensuring Ukraine prevails, the best way to safeguard the achievements of the last EU expansion is to move ahead boldly with the next.”
Fonte: Financial Times
Autore: The Editorial Board
Link: Two decades on, the EU needs a new Big Bang enlargement
