How Orbán holds EU enlargement hostage
12 Nov Member States

How Orbán holds EU enlargement hostage

As Brussels pushes to bring the Western Balkans, Ukraine and Moldova into the fold, Viktor Orbán has turned the EU’s unanimity rule into a tool of leverage — and Europe’s credibility is paying the price.
by Eloise Hardy
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