Letter from Brussels: EU’s 15-Year ‘Probation’ Plan is an Unfair Deal for Balkan States
A safeguard clause placing new the bloc’s members under monitoring for 15 years reflects real fears of Viktor Orban-style disruptors – but it could be a gift to anti-EU nationalists as well as a deterrent to backsliders.
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