不仅如此，欧盟内部情况 — — 近年来经济危机的爆发和仇外政治党派的崛起 — — 同样 影响了欧盟东扩政策的进度，欧盟委员会主席让·克洛德·容克曾在2014年宣布2019年前不接受任何新成员国加入。
Moreover, circumstances within the EU itself – economic crises and the rise of xenophobic political parties in recent years – have put its enlargement policy on the back burner, with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announcing in 2014 that no new members would be accepted before 2019.