How many new member states the EU can take on is not a fixed statistic but rather a dynamic concept, according to EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn.
In an interview with German daily Die Welt, Mr Rehn outlines what the commission means by the term "absorption capacity."
A vague phrase referring to how many member states the bloc can expand to without losing its ability to function - "absorption capacity" has often been used in terms of a warning to potential EU members such as...
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