enlargement

The head of our Brussels office, Žiga Faktor, commented for Czech Television on Ukraine's accession negotiations to the EU, whether it meets the requirements and how the other countries seeking accession are doing.

We invite you to a debate as part of the Café Evropa series, this time on the topic "EU enlargement - when will the Western Balkan countries see their membership in the Union?". The debate will take place on 7 June at 17:30 online on our Facebook profile.

Our researcher Jana Juzová spoke on Český Rozhlas Plus about Ukraine's application to the European Union, which was submitted last week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky submitted the application, which was subsequently supported by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the entire eastern wing of the Union. Is Ukraine's starting position problematic? How likely is it that candidate status will be granted? And which members are traditionally against the enlargement of the Union?

The panel discussion titled “EU enlargement during the Coronavirus crisis” was organised by the Think Visegrad in Brussels platform and took place on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. Due to the special circumstances related to the Coronavirus pandemic, the debate was held on the online platform Zoom and broadcasted on the Facebook page of EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy. The panellists focused on the implications of the COVID-19 health crisis on the EU enlargement policy in Western Balkans.

Our intern Natálie Češková explores, in her latest blog, the question of "Convergence of the EU and Turkey are at freezing point – causes and consequence?".

Our Jana Juzová commented on euractiv.cz in the article "Frustrated" Macron blocks EU enlargement. Will reform of the accession process help?

Our Laura Skana summarized the EU enlargement policy towards the Western Balkans.

MEPs, the European Commission and experts discussed the EU enlargement process and the impact and substantial changes of the Sofia EU-Western Balkans Summit.

Opening the floor to discussion on the future of the EU enlargement, supported by the V4.

Our latest Eastern Monitor, authored by Jana Juzová, analyses the recently published Enlargement Strategy for the Western Balkan candidates by the European Commission.

Our latest Eastern Monitor, authored by Marko Stojić, analyses the recently published Enlargement Strategy for the Western Balkan candidates by the European Commission and explores the probability of 2025 in terms of Serbian accession.

Our Research Fellow Michal Vít joined the presentation of The Western Balkan 6 Advocacy Group (WB6 AG) strategy on December, 19.