Research Fellow @DelorsInstitute Centre Grande Europe 🇪🇺🇫🇷 (EU Enlargement, Balkans, 🇹🇷) • ex-education manager @AcademieNE • dwelled in 🇱🇹 • he/him
Paris, European Union
Joined January 2015
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🇪🇺 À quelques jours des #électionseuropéennes2024, 1 minute pour comprendre la raison d’être du futur #élargissement de l’UE ⬇️
Merci à @publicsenat pour l’organisation de ce débat si nécessaire sur l’élargissement de l’UE 🙏
Le replay de l’émission : youtu.be/9D2YgalzXrI?si=jQI5…
Benjamin Couteau retweeted
All the enlargements strengthened the 🇪🇺 EU. Being wider and more integrated is a must to compete and survive in the new world dominated by giants 🇨🇳🇺🇸. #CSFPrishtina2026 @DelorsInstitute @IEuniversity @iespega
And as @POLITICOEurope reports, they would entail the cancellation of entire EU programmes, including “foreign policy initiatives” and pre-accession funds. Full article: politico.eu/article/le-pen-u…
That could hardly come at a more consequential moment for enlargement. As the process starts to concretise, with Montenegro’s Treaty of Accession now being drafted, weakening pre-accession funding would arguably be a gift to Vladimir #Putin’s #Russia.
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📌@CouteauB, @DelorsInstitute, at the online discussion “Getting Ready for the ‘Ukrainian Plumber’ in the EU?...”, explained why rebuilding public support for EU enlargement is essential for Ukraine's accession and Europe's security.
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Off to #Berlin with @csp_ccp @sav_politika.
Great discussions at @DelorsBerlin @thehertieschool, with one message: the EU’s enlargement policy must remain credible: no Cluster 3 for #Serbia without real democratic reforms 🇪🇺
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According to Benjamin Couteau, concerns surrounding agriculture & the economic impact of enlargement sould be adressed honestly.
“For 🇫🇷, the question of sovereignty resonates the most. 🇺🇦 can strengthen the EU through defence, technology & food security", the expert noted.
9/15
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📌@CouteauB, @DelorsInstitute, observed that France's political elites have become more supportive about enlargement. But public opinion has not followed.
📌He argued that communication should focus on Ukraine's contribution to European sovereignty.
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🇪🇺🇺🇦On July 14, NEC organized an online discussion "Getting Ready for the ‘Ukrainian Plumber’ in the EU? Key Narratives of Resistance to EU Enlargement – and How to Counter Them"
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w/ @CouteauB @LeonidL @Solodkyy @FakhurdinovaM
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1/15
Benjamin Couteau retweeted
🔔Join us today at the discussion "Getting Ready for the "Ukrainian Plumber" in the EU? Key Narratives of Resistance to EU Enlargement – and How to Counter Them"
📽️EN: cutt.ly/lywdW4aI
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@LeonidL @CouteauB @FakhurdinovaM @Solodkyy
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🇪🇺🇺🇦Join us at the discussion "Getting Ready for the "Ukrainian Plumber" in the EU? Key Narratives of Resistance to EU Enlargement – and How to Counter Them"
📅14.07.2026, 11:00 CEST
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🔗cutt.ly/DywdU38p
w/@LeonidL @CouteauB @FakhurdinovaM @Solodkyy
Joined @tepsaeu #InvigoratEU Academy on EU Enlargement with a brilliant cohort of young professionals 🚀
A week of intense exchanges, where I had the chance to share @DelorsInstitute’s messages, among them: gradual accession & need for stronger engagement with public opinion 👇
Benjamin Couteau retweeted
🇺🇦🇪🇺Which will be more costly for the European Union – enlargement or non-enlargement – and why?
✍️@CouteauB, @DelorsInstitute, kindly shared his opinion with us.
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@IRF_Ukraine
Honoured to welcome to @DelorsInstitute Belarusian colleagues in exile, with the support of @KASonline ⚪️🔴⚪️🙏
A rich discussion with Céline Bayou & @ClotildeWarin on #Belarus’ foreign policy & geopolitical role 🇪🇺
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🇪🇺🇺🇦The New Europe Center asked leading European experts: which will be more costly for the European Union – enlargement or non-enlargement – and why?
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w/ @meistefan1 @CouteauB @CER_IanBond @KALindstrom @dszeligowski @bonomimat @PierreHaroche
Benjamin Couteau retweeted
Članstvo Crne Gore u 🇪🇺 biće snažna poruka Zapadnom Balkanu da se demokratske reforme i usklađivanje sa evropskim vrijednostima prepoznaju i nagrađuju.
U Parizu sam, na radnom doručku u organizaciji Instituta @DelorsInstitute, razgovarala o tome šta Crna Gora donosi Evropskoj uniji.
Crna Gora ima realnu mogućnost da do kraja godine zatvori preostala poglavlja i do 2028. postane 28. članica EU. Pored brojnih koristi za crnogorske državljane, benefiti našeg članstva za EU značajno nadilaze neznatne finansijske troškove.
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#28by28 #NextEUMember
