Geopolitics took centre stage at Euronews' Enlargement Summit in Brussels on Tuesday, with leaders from candidate countries framing their ambition to join the European Union as a strategic decision to embrace prosperity and stability in a volatile world.
The tone was set from the outset by António Costa, the president of the European Council, who made an impassioned plea for a larger, safer and stronger bloc and described accession as the "best investment" in a common future.
"The European Union must also decide whether it can afford to lose more time, and if it is ready to evolve and adapt to the current geopolitical realities," Costa said in his keynote address.
"It is my strong belief that Europe must not become a museum of past prosperity."
The choice at stake – democracy versus autocracy – was best encapsulated by Ukrainian
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