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EU plans 15-year probation period for new member states

Original: 'No more Viktor Orbán: EU plans 15-year probation period for new member states https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oc

The European Union is reportedly drawing up plans to impose a 15-year probation period on countries joining the bloc, under which new members would face extended monitoring of their democratic institutions and rule-of-law compliance before gaining full rights of membership. The proposal is being framed in commentary as a direct response to Hungary's backsliding under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose clashes with Brussels over judicial independence and media freedom have strained the EU.

Why now: Discussion of EU enlargement and rule-of-law safeguards has been reignited by reports of the new probation proposal and its framing as a lesson from the Orbán era.

European UnionViktor OrbánHungary

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