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Europe & Enlargement

The Centre asks what the Union created at Maastricht should become: how its institutions work, what citizenship means, how far it should extend, and how it can act for itself in a harder world.

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Mandate EU institutions, European citizenship, enlargement to Ukraine, Moldova and the Western Balkans, European sovereignty.

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European and Ukrainian flags in front of the Berlaymont building, Brussels — Photo: Xavier Lejeune, European Commission Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Enlargement & Candidate Countries

Roadmaps for four: reading the 2026 Enlargement Package

Global Policy Centre4 November 2026

EU Institutions

The extradition of Italian ex-terrorists in France puts an end to the Mitterrand doctrine

Giulia De Nardin28 July 2021

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Commentary

Last dictatorship in Europe: what should the EU do with it?

After the forced landing of Ryanair flight 4978 in Minsk, the EU has to decide how to deal with Lukashenko's regime and with Russia's sphere of influence in Belarus.

Maksim Vassin28 July 2021