{"id":77544,"date":"2026-05-08T02:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/77544\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T02:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:27:17","slug":"berlin-pushes-for-eu-reform-and-faster-enlargement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/77544\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin pushes for EU reform and faster enlargement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>07 May 2026 11:55<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Berlin has signalled support for a more ambitious enlargement of the European Union, alongside deep institutional reforms aimed at strengthening the bloc\u2019s efficiency in foreign and security policy.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul presented a six-point reform plan designed to improve the EU\u2019s decision-making capacity amid what he described as growing geopolitical challenges, <a style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9QM0XRt0gOc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DRM <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In his proposal, he called for major institutional reforms to enhance the EU\u2019s effectiveness amid growing geopolitical threats. In particular, Wadephul suggested abandoning the principle of unanimity in decision-making and shifting to qualified majority voting.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He also advocated accelerating the European Union enlargement process, including through a phased accession of new countries, arguing that this would allow faster integration of candidate states and strengthen the bloc\u2019s overall resilience.<\/p>\n<p>By Vugar Khalilov<\/p>\n<p>Caliber.Az<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n<p>Views: 181<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"07 May 2026 11:55 Berlin has signalled support for a more ambitious enlargement of the European Union, alongside&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[2526,2532,2531,112,190,2527,2530,2525,2529,2528,2524],"class_list":{"0":"post-77544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-berlin","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","14":"tag-international-experts","15":"tag-interviews","16":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","17":"tag-news-from-baku","18":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116536596622641328","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}