EU Awareness Centre at the First EU Enlargement Forum

On 18 of November Dr George Robakidze, Executive Director of the EU Awareness Centre, took part in the First EU Enlargement Forum, the European Commission’s flagship initiative to reinvigorate public engagement with EU enlargement as a shared European project. The Forum, central to the Commission’s 2024–2029 strategic vision, gathered senior EU officials, policymakers, civil society representatives, and experts to discuss the future of an enlarged and more resilient Union.

This high-level event emphasised the growing consensus that enlargement is essential for strengthening Europe’s stability, security, economic competitiveness, and democratic resilience. With the EU now pursuing its most ambitious enlargement agenda in over a decade, the Forum underscored that the prospect of a larger Union is no longer a distant aspiration but a near-term political reality.