Janis A. Emmanouilidis explains what it will take for a comprehensive European structural reform effort to succeed.

Plans to bring Kyiv into the tent before it has completed all reforms and to remove Hungary’s veto signal a sense of urgency in Brussels.

The passages of the just published US National Security Strategy 2025 most relevant to EUrope are unusually explicit about how President Trump and his administration see the continent’s future – and who will lead it.

The passages of the just published US National Security Strategy 2025 most relevant to EUrope are unusually explicit about how President Trump and his administration see the continent’s future – and who will lead it.

The passages of the just published US National Security Strategy 2025 most relevant to EUrope are unusually explicit about how President Trump and his administration see the continent’s future – and who will lead it.

The passages of the just published US National Security Strategy 2025 most relevant to EUrope are unusually explicit about how President Trump and his administration see the continent’s future – and who will lead it.

The passages of the just published US National Security Strategy 2025 most relevant to EUrope are unusually explicit about how President Trump and his administration see the continent’s future – and who will lead it.

The passages of the just published US National Security Strategy 2025 most relevant to EUrope are unusually explicit about how President Trump and his administration see the continent’s future – and who will lead it.

In short, will the Enlargement Package and the pre-enlargement policy reviews mark a turning point, or merely another cautious, procedural step? And can they help EUrope pass the “test of times” by aligning enlargement with internal EU reform?

The European Union has long recognised enlargement as a geostrategic investment and Russia’s act of aggression against Ukraine in February 2022 brought back the imperative to widen the Union. However, the EU27 has been brief when detailing how it plans to reconcile a transformative enlargement process with a more effective EU of 30+ members.      Like the two strands of the Union’s DNA, enlargement and internal EU reform are necessary and should be thought together. But where do we stand in the process towards widening and deepening? What are the Union’s potential strategic enlargement and reform options? Which options should the EU27 choose and how can they be implemented in practice?

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