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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12996

20 July 2022
BEACONS / Beacons
Return of the European Political Community. And its ambiguities… (2)

The aim of both the ‘Letta’ project and the ‘Macron’ version is to organise ‘Greater Europe’. In the former case, the number of countries is limited to 36, but the latter goes much further. If we invite the United Kingdom to join, can we exclude Turkey (which still holds candidate status), Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein (all three of which are members of the European Economic Area)? And what about the exemplary democracy that is Switzerland? That brings us to 41 already.

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BEACONS
EXTERNAL ACTION
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
Russian invasion of Ukraine
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
INSTITUTIONAL
NEWS BRIEFS