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Germany’s Merz says EU to initiate integration of Western Balkans
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EU seeking ways to speed up Western Balkans membership
EU seeking ways to speed up Western Balkans membership June 4, 2026The European Union needs to find ways of speeding up the membership process for six Western Balkan candidate countries, European Council President Antonio Costa said on Thursday. "For us, the enlargement, namely to the Western Balkans, is the most important geopolitical investment that the European Union is doing," Costa said during a joint press briefing with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade. Albania,...
EU leaders at Balkan summit optimistic about rapid expansion
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EU auditors flag weak oversight of €527 million Balkans transport fund
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EU to advance expansion plans at Balkans summit
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Newsletter: Keeping the Western Balkans’ EU dreams alive
In today's newsletter: European Council chief António Costa kicks off his Western Balkan tour; French President Emmanuel Macron condemns violence on French streets following Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League victory. Hello and welcome to Monday – I’m Mared Gwyn, bringing you this newsletter from Brussels. European Council chief António Costa kicks off his one-week tour of the Western Balkans in Bosnia & Herzegovina’s capital of Sarajevo this morning, before traveling through six...
Costa backs simpler EU accession rules ahead of Western Balkans summit
Council chief calls for the EU's enlargement rules to be "streamlined" by removing the need for unanimity at each stage of the process, framing the shift towards the Balkans as pivotal for Europe’s stability. European Council President António Costa endorsed a simplification of the EU’s rules on accepting new members, saying the bloc needs to "accelerate" its enlargement to show Western Balkan partners it is "serious" about turning their EU ambitions into a reality. Speaking exclusively to...
Montenegro the cookie of the Balkans: 'If you like it, you take more,' PM tells Euronews
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Paris and Berlin push 'gradual integration' plan into EU ahead of Balkans summit
Merz and Macron pitch "building blocks" approach to EU enlargement to revitalise accession talks, ahead of this week's Western Balkans summit. France and Germany are calling for a new process of "structured gradual integration" for EU candidate countries ahead of a summit with Western Balkan countries. The initiative aims to give candidate countries earlier benefits from closer integration with the bloc while maintaining the existing merit-based accession framework.
Off the Record: Politics, protests and dead flamingos dominate EU-Western Balkans summit
Euronews Europe editor Maria Tadeo provides highlights and analysis from the EU-Western Balkans summit held this week in her signature newsletter Off the Record. When I launched this newsletter, I promised you zeitgeist, so here's the zeitgeist — I am filing this at ungodly hours, from a flat in Tivat, on the coast of Montenegro, on five hours' sleep, praying for no typos and my keyboard on fire. But oh boy how I love this job.