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Brussels writes the rules, Central Europe adds the paperwork

Georgia and Armenia outrank most of the EU’s East on economic freedom. Membership need not change that. On October 12 Ursula von der Leyen asked EU leaders to sign a “pact against gold-plating”, the habit of adding national requirements to European law. Central Europe has good reason to sign first.

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