New EU Members Face 15-Year Probation Period After Joining the Bloc
The package would let the EU cut funding and suspend voting rights for new members for up to 15 years after accession.
- On Tuesday, the Commission proposed institutional "safeguards" that could strip new member states of voting rights up to 15 years after joining the European Union.
- Addressing Article 7 limitations, the Commission developed this procedure after Viktor Orb's Hungary blocked Ukraine's accession process, showing the existing treaty provision takes too long.
- Triggered by serious breaches affecting the European Union's functioning, the procedure lasts 15 years after accession and requires new members to refrain from using unanimity on bilateral issues.
- Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos introduced "gradual integration," allowing candidates meeting rule-of-law criteria early access to Erasmus and Frontex participation.
- The Commission intends to embed these safeguards in Montenegro's negotiating chapter by early November, aiming to prevent bilateral disputes like Bulgaria's blocking of North Macedonia.
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The European Commission today tabled a package of new regulations and stronger safeguards for future EU enlargement. The initiative aims to ensure that the accession of new Member States does not undermine the rule of law, the efficiency and the Union's decision-making capacity. The proposed package of measures will form the basis for the strategic debate of Member States on Enlargement and the necessary reforms, also in view of the European C…
It is proposed that existing sectoral controls, in the areas of economy, internal market, justice and home affairs, can be activated for up to 15 years after EU accession, compared to the current three-year period. The post Commission proposes stronger safeguards for a future EU enlargement appeared first on in.gr.
Strasbourg (France), 6 Oct (EFE).- The European Commission proposed this Tuesday that future accession treaties include an "institutional safeguard" allowing, in the most serious cases, the suspension of voting rights in the Council to a new Member State that violates EU values. The clause would apply during the 15 years [...] The entry Brussels proposes to suspend the vote of new partners that violate EU values was first published in HolaNews.
The EUROPEAN commission is introducing protective clauses as an insurance policy, says Marta Kos.
With stricter accession rules, the European Commission wants to send a signal to current EU member states that are skeptical about new countries. Ukraine cannot agree to the agricultural restrictions the Commission wants to impose on it as a concession to European farmers.
The European Commission is trying to get the EU's enlargement process back on track after more than a decade of stalling. The pre-enlargement policy review presented on Tuesday outlined both possible internal reforms to make it easier to accept new members and safeguards for the latter to reduce the skepticism of enlargement. Critics see it as entrenching inequality between current and future EU members.
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