How the European Union decides who joins, on what terms and how fast: from the Western Balkans to Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.
A proposal circulating before the December summit would open parts of the single market to candidates long before full accession. Supporters call it realism; critics call it a waiting room.
Two decades after the promise of membership, voters in the region increasingly doubt it will be kept. Here is how the process stalled.
Brussels and Tbilisi are now talking past each other. What would it take to restart the process?
A proposal circulating before the December summit would open parts of the single market to candidates long before full accession. Supporters call it realism; critics call it a waiting room.
Candidate countries have been told for two decades that their future lies in the EU. What they need now is a sequence of dates and conditions that both sides can be held to.
Two decades after the promise of membership, voters in the region increasingly doubt it will be kept. Here is how the process stalled.
Brussels and Tbilisi are now talking past each other. What would it take to restart the process?
Ending unanimity on sanctions and statements is popular in Berlin and Paris. Smaller states see a loss of leverage.
From candidate status to the final ratification vote: the stages, the vetoes and why it takes so long.
The government wants vetting of senior judges finished before the next progress report.
Agriculture, state aid and the rule of law will decide the pace, not summit declarations.
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