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Austria Proposes Faster EU Market Access for Balkans

Meinl-Reisinger: reforms too bureaucratic

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Austria Proposes Faster EU Market Access for Balkans

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Austria proposes granting Western Balkan EU candidate countries access to the Single Market during reforms rather than after full membership, Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger said, calling enlargement the EU's key geostrategic tool against Russian and Chinese influence.

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EU enlargementWestern BalkansAustriaEU Single Marketgeopolitics

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