nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/b98633c09f9a2f29 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260909s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/b98633c09f9a2f29 doi eng 342 23 Duff, Andrew Author aut If Enlargement Fails, So Will the Union Duff, Andrew Verfassungsblog 2026-09-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Enlargement EU European Commission Ukraine Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/eu-enlargement-review/ raw object