Expansion
EU to map out membership for six western Balkan states
2025 target for Albania and former Yugoslav nations to join bloc
The EU will hold out the prospect of membership to six western Balkan countries by 2025 as it seeks to breathe new life into enlargement of the bloc, strengthen controls on migration, and counter Russian influence in the volatile region.
A European Commission paper to be published on Tuesday setting the target for what would be the bloc's biggest single expansion in two decades may go down badly with some existing EU members wary of further enlargement.
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