EU Enlargement

Will Moldova continue on its European course after the parliamentary elections on 28 September?

Continued support from European institutions amidst rise of the far right is crucial for Georgia’s European aspirations. 

Cultural and political belonging in Moldova is complex and affects how the EU is viewed. Could placing the idea of Europe at the heart of the country’s development agenda create a positive consensus going forward? 

Forged in the depths of systematic oppression, the Kosovars’ staunch support for the EU reflects their desire for democracy. The bloc should stop using it as a bargaining chip.

Aspiration meets realism in Albania, where eventual EU accession requires renewed political direction.

Turkey’s aspirations for EU accession, often cast as the want for market and visa liberalisation, also uphold an ongoing determination for equality and justice.

Strategic migration control and ongoing negotiations over Kosovo complicate Serbian perceptions of EU accession.

Before revealing itself in its vastness and fragility, Europe evoked to poet Nikola Madžirov nothing but the sweetness of chocolate from a factory in Skopje.

The EU’s visions of its enlargement are only one side of the coin. Here is the other.

Vasyl Cherepanyn says that the war in Ukraine forces Europe to look in the mirror.