The EU is developing proposals that would see the four countries closest to joining the bloc given a clear, step-by-step path toward membership — while the others languish behind, POLITICO has reported.
“Targeted ‘roadmaps’ are being considered for Montenegro, Ukraine, Moldova and Albania, two senior European Commission officials working on the draft proposals told POLITICO, as part of efforts to speed up the decades-long process. They were granted anonymity to speak about the sensitive plans. The four countries are seen as frontrunners to join the EU, but still face slow progress and unclear timelines as to when they might formally be admitted”, it is pointed out in the text.
POLITICO also says in its report, inter alia, that, however, other candidate countries at an earlier stage in the process, like Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina would not be offered the roadmaps at this stage, the officials confirmed.