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Germany’s Scholz Sees Need for EU Reform Before More Enlargement
European Union leaders need to agree on a set of reforms before moving ahead with enlargement that could pull several western Balkan countries as well as Ukraine into the bloc, according to Germany’s chancellor. “Strengthening Europe as a geopolitical actor also means making better use of one of the strongest instruments of our foreign policy - our enlargement policy,” Olaf Scholz said during a meeting of the Party of European Socialists in Bucharest on Saturday. “A EU with 32 or 35 members cannot work with the rules crafted for a smaller union,” Scholz said. “We agreed on the need for such reforms and ... (full story)