https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/eu-commission-throws-down-the-gauntlet-on-reforming-the-blocContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/eu-commission-throws-down-the-gauntlet-on-reforming-the-blochttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/eu-commission-throws-down-the-gauntlet-on-reforming-the-bloc#u112371Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:41:17 +0000The European Commission has outlined major reforms to prepare the bloc for expansion to thirty or more members, introducing measures that would restrict farming subsidies and impose a fifteen-year probation period on new countries. Enlargement commissioner Marta Kos presented the proposals on Tuesday to make a larger union more flexible and to protect the bloc from democratic backsliding by leaders like Viktor Orban. The plans also entail reducing the number of commissioners and moving away from unanimity in decision making. However, Ukraine has already stated it opposes membership without gra