Treaty on European Union

So from a legal perspective, this is a very good illustration of obviously how EU enlargement actually works.

We have Article 49 of the TEU, which we know, which actually provides the formal legal basis for the accession.

But accession is not an automatic legal procedure where a country simply fulfills a checklist and becomes the member.

It is impossible, we know.

And let me go back to this later because we obviously have the association agreement with DCFDA.

in place.

So even Article 49 TEU remains available.

There is no treaty provision under which a temporary loss of political momentum would actually end Georgia's European perspective.

Wait, the concept of a North American nation joining the European Union sounds legally impossible.

Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union is unambiguous, isn't it? It restricts full membership exclusively to European states.

It does.

So what is the actual mechanism of this association?