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Brussels – The purpose for each the EU and candidate nations to be prepared for EU enlargement by 2030 continues to be achievable, the outgoing President of the European Council Charles Michel mentioned in an interview with the European Newsroom (ENR), of which STA is a component.
“As a result of current geopolitical occasions, I’m extra satisfied than ever that it will be absurd if the EU didn’t speed up enlargement,” Michel mentioned in a Thursday interview concerning his assertion eventually 12 months’s Bled Strategic Discussion board in Slovenia, that each the EU and candidate nations needs to be prepared for enlargement by 2030.
He assessed that that is nonetheless a practical purpose if there’s political will. Each side should do their homework.
In mild of discussions on higher use of certified majority decision-making as an alternative of unanimity within the EU Council, which some member states need to use to speed up the enlargement course of, he warned of the chance of abandoning efforts to discover a unified place. Nonetheless, he emphasised that this concern just isn’t black and white.
“We must always tackle the chance of misuse of the member states’ proper to veto. I feel that some ideas might be established to make sure that the correct to veto is used solely within the case of significant threats to nationwide pursuits,” he defined.
This might forestall, amongst different issues, particular person members from blocking a candidate nation’s additional rapprochement with the EU on account of a dispute, mentioned the previous Belgian Prime Minister. (October 25)
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