Power Grab Fears as EU Parliament Chief Calls for ‘Reforms’ Before Enlargement
Roberta Metsola said the bloc requires ‘structural change,’ which critics say is code for giving Brussels more power.
Roberta Metsola said the bloc requires ‘structural change,’ which critics say is code for giving Brussels more power.
What Baerbock is advocating in the name of freedom and democracy would be the single biggest shift away from true democratic principles in the history of EU reforms.
Ukraine’s membership alone would cost the common budget €190 billion, but cost should not be the only consideration.
Brussels faces the paradox of accession and enlargement importing potentially rebellious conservative member states from the east.
For five years, the Commission turned its back on the Western Balkan countries, the enlargement chief said, but now “the EU means business.”
The European Political Community summit confirmed deep divisions over expanding the EU.
While conservative MEPs criticized her for abandoning pragmatism for utopist ideology, the Commission chief argued in favor of enlargement to 30+ member states, “History is calling us to [complete] our Union.”
After a hot-mic incident, EU Commissioner Várhelyi says the remark “was taken out of context, [but] I apologize for any possible misunderstanding.”
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