The EU made important steps this week toward bringing new members into the bloc — our POLITICO team explains in this episode of EU Confidential.
Host Suzanne Lynch is joined by POLITICO's Barbara Moens and Jakob Hanke Vela in Brussels, as well as Sam Greene from the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington to discuss the European Commission's annual report card on the ten countries hoping to join the 27 EU members. The report recommends the start of formal accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, but what exactly does that mean? And where does that leave others in the Western Balkans, for example, who've been waiting in the wings for years?
Also in this episode, POLITICO's Aitor Hernández-Morales explains what's behind the shock resignation this week of Portugal's Prime Minister António Costa amid a corruption probe.
And finally, POLITICO's Anne McElvoy brings us details of her conversation with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on our Power Play podcast, out this week. The PM has some "hard truths" for Israel, and sheds light on relations with nearby Turkey, as well as his country's approach to migration and climate change; and he addresses rule of law concerns. Listen to the Power Play interview here.
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EU Home Affairs chief Ylva Johansson — Aussie re-set — Interpreters row
NATO summit — Swedish, Norwegian and Estonian PMs — G7 flop
Ukraine on EU membership path — Balkan backlash — Albanian PM
Ukraine impact — Panel-speak, decoded — Poets' guide to economics
Merkel's return — Poland pushback — US NATO ambassador
Russian oil ban — Hungarian hold-up — EU 'ghostwriters'
Scholz on Ukraine — COVID update — Food waste solution
Death of globalization? — EU expansion — Women in Davos
Russian oil sanctions — Stagflation fears — Crypto not dead
Zelenskyy chides global elite — Trust troubles — Billionaire bonanza
Nordic NATO bids — Commission half-time report — Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly
Future of Europe — Macron in Berlin — Voices from Ukraine
EU's Russian oil ban — Steinmeier snub saga — 21st-century disorder
Macron 2.0 — Brussels vs. Budapest — Climate changes Spanish politics
Special edition: Macron beats Le Pen in French presidential election
Macron and Le Pen debate — Germany's Ukraine weapons dilemma
French election round 2 – Slovakian PM in Ukraine — EU's Russian energy habit
Special edition: French presidential election first round unpacked
French election preview — Orbán's victory — Transparency International Ukraine
Brussels after Biden — Hungarian election — World Food Programme boss
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