http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/b98633c09f9a2f29 https://verfassungsblog.de/eu-enlargement-review/ If Enlargement Fails, So Will the Union Duff, Andrew eng 2026-09-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Enlargement EU European Commission Ukraine Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 After a serious delay, von der Leyen's pre-enlargement review is now scheduled to appear in time for the meeting of the European Council on 15-16 October. One may regret that Iceland did not have the benefit of hearing her views before its botched referendum on 29 August. The Commission will repeat its customary exhortations for more differentiated integration and enhanced cooperation; it will plead for greater recourse to abstention, particularly in foreign policy decisions. But that will not be enough to save the EU's institutions, already in bad repair, from seizing up entirely under the pressure of enlargement.