Kriebaum: The Right Moment to Reexamine the EU Enlargement Method
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German Minister for European Affairs Günter Kriehbaum stated that it is time for the EU to reconsider and seek new avenues for its enlargement, advocating for a multi-tiered system and associate membership that would show current candidates that they are part of the EU.
New EU enlargement is expected, but there is no complete agreement on how to implement it. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz maintains his proposal that Ukraine, Moldova, and six partners from the Western Balkans be granted „associate member“ status. While critics say this would represent „a kind of waiting room“ or „second-class membership,“ Kriehbaum told Brussels-based Euronews that they obviously did not understand this. „Why shouldn’t we give these countries,
