Fear of populists is pushing governments to oppose expanding the EU
Mihaela Păun
BRUSSELS ― Ursula von der Leyen’s vision of a vastly expanded European Union that includes Ukraine is running into a hard obstacle: Many current members don’t want to talk about it. Fear of giving ammunition to populists, nightmare national referendums on each new country joining, and the collective trauma of dealing with Hungary since it joined in 2004 are all contributing to the reluctance in several EU capitals, according to nine EU diplomats and officials who spoke to POLITICO. No nation
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