Russia’s war against Ukraine and its wider anti-European aggression turned enlargement from a technocratic queue into a security instrument. Brussels now converges on staged integration with strict conditionality and results-based finance, yet diverges on money, governance, and calendars. 2026 will not crown a “big bang”, but it can lock in a credible track for Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro, and Albania – if candidate state leaders trade speed for safeguards, and Europe...Lire la suite