Enlargement Package 2026: Roadmaps, reforms and gradual integration

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Fri

Nov 06, 2026

12:30 - 13:30

In Person

In-person participation

Location: Rue du Trône 14-16, 1000 Brussels Venue: European Policy Centre

"The autumn of enlargement is coming" declared Commissioner Marta Kos. The 2026 Enlargement Package, due on 4 November, is set to test that promise. It is expected to include roadmaps for four candidates – Albania, Moldova, Montenegro and Ukraine – setting out the steps towards membership. It will also propose strategic areas for advancing candidates’ gradual integration into EU policies before accession.

The package comes weeks after the Commission’s pre-enlargement policy reviews, which identify policy adjustments to prepare the Union for new members. How concrete will the accession roadmaps be, and will member states match reforms expected of candidates with commitments of their own?

In this in-person policy briefing, Gert Jan Koopman, European Commission Director-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood (ENEST), will present and discuss the key findings of the 2026 Enlargement Package.

This event welcomes the participation of EPC member organisations, EU officials and media representatives.

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Moderator Speaker

Corina Stratulat

Moderator

Associate Director & Head of Programme, European Policy Centre

Gert Jan Koopman

Speaker

Director-General, DG ENEST, European Commission

European Politics and Institutions

The European Politics and Institutions Programme covers the EU’s institutional architecture, governance and policymaking to ensure that it can move forward and respond to the challenges of the 21st century democratically and effectively. It also monitors and analyses political developments at the EU level and in the member states, discussing the key questions of how to involve European citizens in the discussions over the Union’s future and how to win their support for European integration. The Programme has a special focus on enlargement policy towards the Western Balkans, questions of EU institutional reform and illiberal trends in European democracies.

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