Yanis Darras with AFP 09:00, 02 June 2023

The Secretary of State for Europe Laurence Boone was the guest of Europe 1 this morning. At the microphone of Dimitri Pavlenko, she returned to the enlargement of the European Union desired by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron. The arrival of a dozen new countries in the organization "will be a shock for the EU," she said.

Europe at 27... And soon at 37? During his visit to the summit of the European Political Community, the enlargement of the European Union was at the heart of the discussions. On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron called on the European Union to rethink its governance and "invent several formats" to meet the accession aspirations of Eastern European and Balkan countries.

"Yes, it (EU) must enlarge. Yes, it must be rethought in its governance very deeply and in its purposes. Yes, it must innovate without doubt to invent several formats and clarify the purposes of each of these formats," he said. "Indeed, the question is not whether or when to expand. The real question is how do we enlarge the EU," said Europe 1, Secretary of State for Europe Laurence Boone.

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