Brussels Paves Way for Next EU Expansion

The next European Union expansion could be right around the corner. At the European Council Summit in Brussels, December 2009, leaders may establish a timeline for a number of new members, many of them in the Balkans. Some would like to see the troubled region in the EU by 2014.

• Primary Source

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 8.12.09: Council conclusions on enlargement/stabilisation and association process http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/genaff/111830.pdf

PressEurop: Briefings: Balkans, the path to Brussels http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/topic/153341-balkans-path-brussels

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