The EU expansion, with the addition of new member states, will be a shock to the institution, according to France’s minister for Europe, Laurence Boone.
According to her, there are ten more nations waiting for the organization’s doors to open, and the EU may have 37 member states by the end of this decade.
“The expansion of the European Union with these dozen countries is a small revolution,” says one observer.
The true question is not whether or whether we should expand, but rather how.
Bottom of the Form With ten countries on the waiting list, the European Union will be in for a rude awakening.
“The expansion of the European Union with these dozen countries is a small revolution,” says one observer. The true question is not whether or whether we should expand, but rather how.
“Because it is not only vital to assist these nations in implementing the required changes to facilitate their entry, the EU must also prepare for their arrival.“
This entails examining our policies and making adjustments to our finances and structures.”
In the light of the Ukrainian conflict, France’s European Minister underlined the significance of EU enlargement.
According to the minister, the European Union is frequently accused for being too sluggish or for not allowing member states enough independence.
France urges the European Union to reconsider its internal structure and develop new frameworks to suit the membership ambitions of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia, as well as Turkey and the Western Balkan republics.
Analysts believe that any fresh enlargement will be followed by significant changes to the EU’s decision-making process, which presently needs unanimity among the EU’s 27 members.
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President Macron alluded in his address in Bratislava to a notion he has floated in the past for a so-called “high-speed Europe” in which new nations will be included but would have different status and privileges than historical members.
Eurosceptic political groups in Europe are passionately opposed to the trend toward expansion.
Marine Le Pen, France’s right-wing leader and a long-time opponent of the EU, is polling at historic highs and intends to dethrone Macron in 2027.