Published on
31/07/2026 – 10:03 GMT+2
The European Commission is running short on capacity to manage several accession processes at the same time — and the worst may be yet to come.
The EU executive’s Directorate-General for Enlargement and the Eastern Neighbourhood (DG ENEST) is facing a mounting capacity challenge, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter.
Ironically, the strain is due to the bloc’s booming enlargement drive: more negotiating chapters have closed in the past six months than in the past decade.
Montenegro, the “frontrunner”, is currently having its accession treaty drafted and aims to become the EU’s 28th member…
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