EU Enlargement Must Prioritise Economic Security Alignment (visegradinsight.eu)

• EU opens accession fundamentals cluster with Ukraine and Moldova (June 2026)
• Analysts call for economic security to be integrated into enlargement
• Candidates must adopt investment screening, supply chain diversification, and raw materials governance

"The EU opened accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. Analysts argue that economic security must be central to enlargement, moving beyond geopolitical rhetoric. Candidates need to implement investment screening, supply chain resilience, and raw materials governance. Ukraine's blocking of Chinese investment in Motor Sich and Moldova's energy resilience are cited as precedents. The process should turn mutual dependencies into collective strength."