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There is a strong will to speed up enlargement to bring the Western Balkans, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia into the EU fold. The danger is that serious democratic shortcomings will be played down. That would be a mistake

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Memo from Munich — EU needs to reinvent democracy support

Ten days ago, I was at the Munich Security Conference. The mood was sombre. Russia on the offensive in Ukraine, the US Republicans blocking support for Ukraine, and the murder of Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison on the opening day of Munich — the outlook was bad.

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

There is a strong will to speed up enlargement to bring the Western Balkans, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia into the EU fold. The danger is that serious democratic shortcomings will be played down. That would be a mistake

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

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