
The EU’s great power delusions
Predictions that the invasion of Ukraine will breathe new life into enlargement are based on wishful thinking.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Predictions that the invasion of Ukraine will breathe new life into enlargement are based on wishful thinking.
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