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Which Country Will Join the EU Next?

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After years of enlargement fatigue, it seems there’s renewed interest in expanding the European Union and adding new members. So with 10 applications on the table, which country is making the most progress towards becoming the newest member state?

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1 – https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/head-european-council-says-eu-must-be-ready-new-members-by-2030-2023-08-28/
2 – https://www.ceps.eu/ceps-publications/the-2023-enlargement-package/
3 – https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2023/03/eu-accelerate-next-enlargement
4 – https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/north-macedonia-report-2023_en
5 – https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-adopts-2023-enlargement-package-recommends-open-negotiations-ukraine-and-moldova-grant-2023-11-08_en
6 – https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2022-10/Screening%20factsheet_0.pdf
7 – https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2022-10/eu_accession_process_clusters%20%28oct%202022%29.pdf
8 – https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/montenegro-report-2023_en
9 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accession_of_Montenegro_to_the_European_Union
10 – https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/montenegro/eu-energy-support-package-launched-montenegro_en?s=225
11 – https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/montenegro/montenegro-still-lacks-leadership-lead-country-eu_en
12 – https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/north-macedonia-report-2023_en
13 – https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-11/SWD_2023_690%20Albania%20report.pdf
14 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Neighbourhood_Policy_and_Enlargement_Negotiations
15 – https://balkaninsight.com/2023/11/28/nicu-popescu-moldova-is-moving-fast-towards-eu-countering-russias-hybrid-war/
16 – https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/bosnian-serb-leader-says-he-will-be-1st-president-of-threatened-independent-serb-entity/3052909
17 – https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-srpska-dodik-defamation-criminalized/32554422.html
18 – https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bosnias-serb-region-adopts-draft-foreign-agents-law-despite-criticism-2023-09-28/
19 – https://www.politico.eu/article/bosnia-herzegovina-serbia-milorad-dodik-brics-european-union/
20 – https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2023/08/07/serbias-staged-balancing-act/
21 – https://balkaninsight.com/2023/11/09/transnistria-the-elephant-in-the-room-of-moldovas-eu-accession/
22 – https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/11/ukraine-join-eu-membership-talks-subsidies
23 – https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-eu-membership-ukraine-accession-talks-december/
24 – https://thegeopolitics.com/north-macedonias-road-to-the-eu-is-complicated-heres-why/

00:00 Introduction
01:07 Context
02:08 Countries Send Their Bids
03:31 Candidate Status
04:41 Accession Negotiations
08:55 Politics and Controversies
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25 Comments

  1. @user-qe4gt3hf1x

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    EU is stuped and a lie.

  2. @user-qe4gt3hf1x

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    EU is stuped.

  3. @sabsuba18

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    After that video in some days georgia got also candidate status

  4. @siencewood284

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    GEORGIA

  5. @speeddemon8977

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    i been to Albania and being in Albania is no difference then being in italy greece or spain to me albania was not only similar but better and cheaper the best warm people i have ever meet all across europe they will open their house doors and welcome you in

  6. @jonhoxhaaa

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    That video shot of “Serbia” is actually of Prishtina, Kosovo

  7. @user-wv4fw2cg5b

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    Wrong question!!!!!! Which country will leave the EU next !

  8. @MAXIMUSLOK

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    Ukrane it's Europe's bread basket;
    Too expensive to be given to Russia

  9. @MAXIMUSLOK

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    North Macedonia republic.

    Macedonia combines together with Thrace 3 greek states with 16 counties plus the independent mountain athos.

  10. @MAXIMUSLOK

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    Probably Montenegro and Moldova (united with Romania)
    As for Serbia
    Serb's trust only the Greeks and Cypriots in the EU so a possibility exists always if Croatia Hungary and Slovenia doesn't impose Veto;
    A Serbian Greek Bulgarian Romanian and Montenegro corridor it's possible.

  11. @vladimirlilic1651

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    Kosovo is a Serbian country that is occupied by Albanian terrorists, it's a matter of time before the terrorists lose!

  12. @milutinradonjic

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    Montenegro!

  13. @barryshaw5660

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    The stupidest one obviously

  14. @palpatine84

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    We can't have muslim countries in the union. No Turkey, No Kosovo, No Albania.

  15. @amarjamakovic1297

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    Why the hell would any of those nations join EU and NATO? No good would come out of making Sarajevo nuclear target for Russians or Chinese.

  16. @User-_-l23935

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    I think the question that should be asked is who’s gonna quit next lol

  17. @slavicakrkalovic7150

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    None of these countries will join the EU! EU is allready falling apart! And by the way, Kosovo is NOT a country, it's a Serbia's southern region!

  18. @davidoconnor4120

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    None with a bit of luck

  19. @rahimamin4967

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    Afghanistan 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 after Ukraine 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  20. @nelsonestrabola3014

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    God bless the EU

  21. @michaelsteane9926

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    Better question: which country will leave next?

  22. @noname-mh1zv

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    We will never join EU, that's a fact. We destroyed Austrian empire, got freedom and a big state only to be dissolved by the same enemies less than hundred years from WW1.
    And to this day we suffer from internal criminal organisations, killed our king, killed our PM, basically ruled by mafia.
    Currently i see no solution except to stale the situation until multi-polar world happens , with Russia/China as major powers, and then use military to secure stolen land of Kosovo, and probably escalate another conflict with muslims in Bosnia (divide it with Croats).

    Even then, we're probably in for a treat from Russians, as throughout the history, Russians fucked us many times over, so i don't expect anything else from them.

  23. @noname-mh1zv

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    We're hostages to the criminals in Serbia. That's all…normal people care about Kosovo too much , and our criminal goverment is using that to stay in power. If Serbia joined EU, goverment's corruption would be exposed and it would end the rule of mafia. Djindjic (our killed PM) tried that, and we know how he ended up…

    And all this is coming from a real nationalist.

    Kosovo is Serbia

    P.S. We all know how Austria-Hungary, Ottoman empire and other enemies ended up…

  24. @Szydencer

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    We should stop saying "the two thousands" and start saying "the noughties"

  25. @rphb5870

    March 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    leave. which will be the next country to LEAVE the EU.
    and there are so many candidates. I can think of at least 27 countries wanting to do just that

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