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Reimagining Growth

Enlarge to Prosper: Will Europe Grow?

January 22, 2025
09:00–09:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Recent EU joiners have grown at 4% on average a year from accession initiation until 2008, with half this growth derived from the accession process itself. Enlargement can also shore up Europe's role in the world by growing the single market, global trade bargaining power and geopolitical weight. How can a new vision for successful enlargement align EU accession, trade and growth strategies,...
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Speakers

MK
Marta Kos
Commissioner for Enlargement
European Commission
AP
Andrej Plenković
Prime Minister of Croatia
Office of the Prime Minister of Croatia
MS
Milojko Spajić
Prime Minister of Montenegro
Office of the Prime Minister of Montenegro
AS
Andrii Sybiha
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
SV
Sasha Vakulina
EU Correspondent
Euronews

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