Emmanuel Macron Wants to Make It Harder for EU to Accept New Members

France sets out new proposal on overhauling EU enlargement
Plan would make it more difficult to accept new member states

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By Nikos Chrysoloras

November 18, 2019 at 10:48 AM UTC

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Emmanuel Macron wants to make it tougher for the European Union to accept new members, adding to signs of French unease at the prospect of Balkan countries joining the bloc and raising the risk of further strains with Germany.