The proposed measure would help shield the bloc from undemocratic “Trojan horses,” the EU’s enlargement commissioner has said The EU is considering putting future new members on a “probation” period, enabling the bloc to potentially exclude them in case of democratic backsliding, EU’s enlargement commissioner Marta Kos has said. The official made the remarks in an interview with the Financial Times published on Tuesday, when the bloc unveiled its annual report on the progress made by its