Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are seriously engaged in works to fulfil the EU’s conditions for advancing the EU accession process. There is more to be done in all three cases, while Ukraine is said to be ‘on track’. The EU for its part has to reform its currently dysfunctional enlargement methodology. All agree that something has to be done, but debate so far among the EU institutions talks of several vague terms, such as ‘gradual’ integration. The only fully specified proposal is that for ‘staged accession’ proposed by think tanks.
This piece was originally published on the SCEEUS website.
