"If anyone is looking for a diversion from the U.S. election this week, may we suggest EU enlargement. This always touchy subject will pop up again tomorrow when Brussels reviews its expansion strategy. The European Commission is expected to announce that Croatia is on track to finish accession negotiations next year and join the union in 2011, and that progress in other countries, including Turkey and Serbia, has been slow in the past 12 months. Then Paris and Berlin will restate their opposition to any more enlargement before the stalled Lisbon Treaty is fully ratified.
Admission to the EU requires candidates and existing members alike to uphold their respective ends of the bargain. At present, both sides have more work to do."
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