EU member states have agreed to insert subtle pro-enlargement wording into so-called action plans governing future relations with South Caucasus countries Georgia and Armenia, as regional tensions simmer over Georgian police action in the breakaway region of Abkhazia.
The EU action plans - set to be adopted in October - are now likely to carry the phrase that "The EU takes note that [these countries] have expressed their European aspirations" with member states' ambassadors finally com...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.