Will the European Union accept new countries? Charles Michel: We must be ready by 2030

In an interview with RZ, the President of the European Council assessed that 20 years after the largest enlargement of the European Union, we face a similar challenge as in 2004.

— Because we are dealing with geopolitical chaos, including because of Russia's war against Ukraine. Our strategy must be to reunite. Let us imagine what the situation would be like in February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, without prior expansion? Charles Michel said: “We will be 15 countries, and in our neighborhood there will be weaker countries, from the point of view of prosperity or the strength of institutions.”