EU should make use of lessons from its 2004 enlargement

Bloc's 20th anniversary is an opportunity to show its resolve for peace and prosperity

2024-05-08 Editorial EU

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, Moldovan President Maia Sandu, right, and European Council President Charles Michel attend a press conference in Kyiv on Nov. 21, 2023. © Reuters

Twenty years have passed since the May 1, 2004, enlargement of the European Union that brought 10 additional members into the bloc, including the Baltic states and former Communist bloc nations such as Hungary and Poland.

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