- EU inches toward ‘membership-lite’ plan for candidate countries politico.eu
- EU leaders at Balkan summit optimistic about rapid expansion DW
- Germany’s Merz says EU to initiate integration of Western Balkans Al Jazeera
- Montenegro is ‘within reach’ of joining the EU by 2028, von der Leyen says after Balkans summit AP News
- EU Pushes to End Expansion Deadlock to Curb Russia and China Bloomberg.com
