Is EU enlargement still a political priority – or a fading ambition? Saskia Hollander reflects on the waning public enthusiasm in some Western capitals, the strategic importance of candidate countries and the investment mindset needed for Europe’s future.
Nearly three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine rekindled momentum for EU enlargement, is the political will still there? In this interview, Jan Farfał speaks with Saskia Hollander – Senior Research Fellow at the EU & Global Affairs Unit at Clingendael – about geopolitical urgency, rule of law standards and how a gradual integration model could help reconcile competing pressures within the Union.
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Deputy Editor in Chief at Res Publica Nowa. Doctoral Candidate at the University of Oxford and Research Assistant to Timothy Garton Ash, co-founder of the Club Alpbach Poland, Committee Representative for the Security Track at the European Forum Alpbach, and visiting fellow at IWM – Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna. Researcher in the project ‘Europe in a Changing World’, at the European Studies Center at the University of Oxford.
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