The European Union may accept 10 new countries into its membership. This was stated by the head of the EU for foreign affairs, Josep Borrell.
According to him, the community should intensify preparations for a new phase of expansion and agree on a time frame for the admission of 10 new states. “Defining a certain horizon, and time frame for admission will allow us to focus the efforts of the EU countries and candidate countries,” he said.
It is noted that this is the first time that Brussels proposes to determine a specific timetable for the entry of new countries into the European Union.
Borrell specified that the Foreign Ministers had agreed to hold a meeting with colleagues from the countries of the Western Balkans at the end of September to discuss issues of expansion.
Recall that at the moment Albania, Turkey, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Moldova, Ukraine, and Bosnia and Herzegovina have the official status of candidates for EU accession.