Tell someone you are introducing them to a woman who has had a breast enlargement and for some people a certain stereotype still springs to mind.

The European Union has only one way out of the present financial, economic and institutional crisis: enlargement of its territorial borders bringing an infusion of 'new blood' and centralisation of management inside the EU, argues Dr Roman Rukomeda. More »

The Eurocrisis has put Germany in a twofold position that it abhors. First, it has forced Germany into a much closer relationship with France than is comfortable. For German policymakers, the great thing about the post-enlargement EU, of 27 countries, was that they and France could not rule supreme — they needed to bring other states on board. Germany prefers it this way, as it dilutes Franc...

Bulgarian MEPs outraged over a Macedonian film that depicts wartime Bulgarians as fascists are calling on Enlargement Commissioner Štefan Füle to confront Skopje over the film. More »

With Croatia, set to join the EU in December, tiny Montenegro got the green light today (12 October) to open accession negotiations, the European Commission unveiled in its yearly Enlargement package. The move is seen as a way to keep accession alive as Macedonia and Serbia stumble over conditions. More »

Shadow chancellor and other senior party figures acknowledge failure to control migration from eastern Europe after EU enlargement

Štefan Füle, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, said yesterday (21 September) that there were "no limits" to the possible depth and scope of Ukraine's integration with the EU, but warned that the political trial against opposition politicians risked blocking the country's European perspective. More »

The enlargement project has ground to a halt and the EU, once wooed by Turkey, is now branded comatose, stagnant and geriatric, writes Mark Leonard

Enlargement has ground to a halt and the EU, once wooed by Turkey, is now branded comatose, stagnant and geriatric, writes Mark Leonard

The European Union's enlargement commissioner warned Ukraine's leadership that closer integration with Brussels hangs on adherence to core EU principles of democracy