Euro crisis blocks EU enlargement

The EU Commission on Wednesday presented its progress report on nine possible candidates for EU membership. Although some states received a positive assessment, for the time being the EU will hold back on enlargement owing to the euro crisis, the left-liberal daily Delo suspects: "Europe is currently concerned above all with the crisis of the Eurozone. ... The Balkans, the Eastern Partnership and the countries of North Africa have been forgotten. In these times when there is no Konrad Adenauer, Helmut Schmidt or Helmut Kohl in sight and the EU also lacks a competent crisis manager, the crisis of the Eurozone eclipses the global financial crisis of 2008. Under such circumstances the possibilities for enlargement are slim indeed, despite the positive assessment of potential candidates by the EU Commission."

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