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The 2026 Enlargement Package: the roadmaps for Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and Ukraine

Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and Ukraine now have indicative roadmaps. They schedule Montenegro's last chapter closures for December and a treaty signature in June 2027, and they require the Council to decide, by unanimity, at the pace the Commission now asks of the candidates.

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Maastricht Day: launch conference, 7 February 2027, 35th anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty

A pan-European student competition. The first call opens at the launch conference on 7 February 2027, and the first finals take place on 7 February 2028, when the first Génération Maastricht Fellows are named.

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