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Austria's foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg: No other EU member state has done more than Austria to advocate offering the six Balkan countries full EU membership perspectives (Photo: European Union)

Austria throws a curveball over EU Balkans enlargement

Austria's foreign minister, Alexander Schallenberg, has thrown the EU a curveball as the bloc holds the crucial summit that will decide whether to formally approve the start of accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova.

It would be a 'geostrategic disaster', said Schallenberg, if the EU dismisses the Western Balkans in favour of Ukraine when it comes to making the decision to open negotiations at this week's E...

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Hugo Blewett-Mundy is a non-resident associate research fellow from the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in Prague.

Austria's foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg: No other EU member state has done more than Austria to advocate offering the six Balkan countries full EU membership perspectives (Photo: European Union)

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Hugo Blewett-Mundy is a non-resident associate research fellow from the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in Prague.

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