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As Europe’s leaders meet, some fear for EU membership hopes

FILE - European Parliament members meet in a plenary session on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Strasbourg, eastern France. Leaders from more than 40 countries will gather Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Prague, to launch a "European Political Community" aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, but critics claim the new forum is an attempt to put the brakes on European Union enlargement. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File) FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, is welcomed by European Council President Charles Michel prior to a meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, March 9, 2020. Leaders from more than 40 countries will gather Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Prague, to launch a "European Political Community" aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, but critics claim the new forum is an attempt to put the brakes on European Union enlargement. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File) FILE - Visitors walk by a replica of the Brandenberg Gate and the Berlin wall at Mini-Europe in Brussels, Tuesday May 11, 2004. With the entrance of ten new members to the EU on May 1, 2004, Mini-Europe faced having to expand as well. Leaders from more than 40 countries will gather Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Prague, to launch a "European Political Community" aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, but critics claim the new forum is an attempt to put the brakes on European Union enlargement. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File) FILE - Czech Republic's Prime Minister Petr Fiala, right, welcomes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on his visit to Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Leaders from more than 40 countries will gather Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Prague, to launch a "European Political Community" aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, but critics claim the new forum is an attempt to put the brakes on European Union enlargement. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File) FILE - A worker on a lift adjusts the EU flags in front of EU headquarters in Brussels, June 23, 2016. Leaders from more than 40 countries will gather Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Prague, to launch a "European Political Community" aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, but critics claim the new forum is an attempt to put the brakes on European Union enlargement. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File) FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Leaders from around Europe are converging on the Czech capital Prague to launch a new “European Political Community.” The aim, the European Union says, is to boost security and economic prosperity across the continent. But critics claim the new forum is an attempt to put the brakes on EU enlargement, by creating a waiting room for want-to-be members. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File) FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, during a group photo at an Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Leaders from more than 40 countries will gather Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Prague, to launch a "European Political Community" aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, but critics claim the new forum is an attempt to put the brakes on European Union enlargement. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File) FILE Blue balloons with the slogan "Europa (Europe)" fly during an EU event in front of the Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, one day before the enlargement of the European Union on Friday, April 30, 2004. Leaders from more than 40 countries will gather Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Prague, to launch a "European Political Community" aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, but critics claim the new forum is an attempt to put the brakes on European Union enlargement. (AP Photo/ Jan Bauer, File) FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, June 24, 2022. Leaders from more than 40 countries will gather Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Prague, to launch a "European Political Community" aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, but critics claim the new forum is an attempt to put the brakes on European Union enlargement. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File) FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, shakes hands with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski and Czech Republic's Prime Minister Petr Fiala prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Leaders from more than 40 countries will gather Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Prague, to launch a "European Political Community" aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, but critics claim the new forum is an attempt to put the brakes on European Union enlargement. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)