While there no longer seems to be any debate about the need to enlarge the European Union, the best way of doing so in order to guarantee the integrity of the EU and its functioning remained one of the predominant questions at the heart of the High-Level Forum organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels on Thursday 24 October.
More than 140 civil society representatives from the enlargement candidate countries attended the event to discuss the key role of...