There is no alternative to EU enlargement

There is no alternative to EU enlargement

The cost of further EU enlargement will be high. But the cost of not enlarging the Union—both economic and geopolitical—could be higher still.  European leaders never miss an opportunity to declare that the future of Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and the Western Balkans lies within the European Union. Yet these declarations of solidarity hide a deep-seated ambivalence, not least because for many existing member states, enlargement is perceived less…