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EU Should Accelerate Membership Process, Top Diplomat Says
The European Union needs to speed up the acceptance of new member states and expand the 27-nation bloc, the EU’s top diplomat said Monday, referencing Ukraine, Montenegro and other countries seeking membership. The call for a faster pace of expansion comes as geopolitical pressures mount across the continent.
“Enlargement has to remain merit-based, but in the current circumstances, we have to speed up the tempo,” Kaja Kallas stated during an annual conference of EU diplomats in Brussels.
