Germany and France believe that joining the European Union has become too slow, often taking decades. Their solution? A more gradual path to integration. But what do candidate countries think about it?
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Germany and France believe that joining the European Union has become too slow a process, often taking decades. Their solution? A more gradual path to integration.
What do candidate countries think about it?
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