# EU enlargement is the bloc’s “most powerful” geostrategic tool, says Austrian foreign minister

https://mins.news/en/item/101038

- euronews, 2026-10-15 08:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/15/eu-enlargement-is-the-blocs-most-powerful-geostrategic-instrument-says-austrian-foreign-mi

> Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger says the reforms Western Balkan countries need to undertake to join the EU are a “complicated” and “bureaucratic” process.

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