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To take a concrete example of a EU accession candidate country: would it really reflect EU interests and values to let Serbia join the EU, even if it is not democratic, because this might reduce Russian influence (although the Hungarian government demonstrates the fallacy of this assumption)?

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What about democracy, Ms Kallas? What about AI rules, Ms Virkkunen?

Just a few months ago, EU leaders celebrated the adoption of the AI Act. It brings “European values into a new era” and is nothing short of “a historic moment”, according to Ursula von der Leyen.  As late as last month, she stressed that it will “drive AI development that Europeans can trust.” 

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

To take a concrete example of a EU accession candidate country: would it really reflect EU interests and values to let Serbia join the EU, even if it is not democratic, because this might reduce Russian influence (although the Hungarian government demonstrates the fallacy of this assumption)?

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

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