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  "id": 12440353,
  "title": "EU seeks ways to make expansion more palatable to members",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/eu-seeks-ways-to-make-expansion-more-palatable-to-members-12440353",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T18:02:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "The European Commission has put forward ideas it hopes will both ease the EU expansion process and allay concerns among existing members. Several countries, not least war-torn Ukraine, are among the candidates.",
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        "title": "EU seeks ways to make expansion more palatable to members",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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