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Don’t forget the Balkans

Consolidating the European Union is a geostrategic imperative. If the Union hopes to live on and to play an important role in world affairs, it must show it is able to accept new members and enlarge its own base. As membership for the…

How the EU can survive the next enlargement

Let me start from a sobering, general, viewpoint: my view on the future of Europe is quite pessimistic. The EU is confronting unprecedented global challenges, linked to the fragmentation scenario we are living in: de-globalization,…