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A bigger European Union must be a better one too

Any additional enlargement to the bloc must be handled with prudence

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Published Tue, Dec 23, 2025 · 07:00 AM
    • Nine countries are officially in line to join the EU, and officials have recently hinted some may be added by 2030.
    • Nine countries are officially in line to join the EU, and officials have recently hinted some may be added by 2030. PHOTO: REUTERS

    DOES the European Union – 27 states, 450 million people, politically fractious even in the best of times – need to expand even more?

    The answer, in the European way, is a qualified and equivocal yes.

    Nine countries are officially in line to join the bloc, and EU officials have recently hinted that some may be added by 2030. 

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