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New EU members could join without full voting rights

Summary by Politico Europe
New plan is the latest attempt to breathe life into an expansion process that is currently being blocked by Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán and others.

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A proposal to change the EU’s accession rules is in the early stages of discussion, so that new members would gain full rights only after the EU overhauls how it operates. It is the latest attempt by pro-enlargement governments in the EU, such as Austria and Sweden, to give new impetus to the enlargement process, which is currently blocked by Budapest and several other capitals over fears that it could create unwanted competition in local market…

·Romania
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According to Politico, new countries could join the union without full voting rights. The plan is hoped to make leaders like Viktor Orbán more open to accepting Ukraine and other countries joining.

·France
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The Gateway - In a move to facilitate the accession of new countries to the European Union, a European country has discussed a plan to allow new countries to join the union without initially enjoying full voting rights, in an attempt to accelerate the entry of countries such as Ukraine, Moldova, and Montenegro into the bloc...

·Amman, Jordan
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The European Union is considering the possibility of accepting new member countries without granting them the right of veto in the first phase.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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Politico Europe broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Monday, October 20, 2025.
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