Developments beyond as well as inside Europe threaten one of the bloc’s cornerstone projects
Welcome back. According to the official line in Brussels, the EU’s planned enlargement into eastern and south-eastern Europe is making steady progress despite occasional bumps along the road. There is even talk that one of the 10 candidate countries, Montenegro, will join the 27-nation bloc before the end of the 2020s. Is this view too sanguine? Is the enlargement project in more danger than the EU is letting on in public? I’m at [email protected].
Essentially, the US has taken the view that Serbia’s democratic shortcomings and refusal to join western sanctions on Russia matter less than the fact that President Aleksandar Vučić has quietly offered some support for the west, notably by sending arms to Ukraine. As for the EU, it has shown more interest in Serbia’s lithium deposits – the largest in Europe, and essential for the electric vehicle industry – than in putting pressure on Belgrade to meet the standards for joining the club.
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