It has begun accession talks with Turkey and Croatia, stepped up its diplomacy in the western Balkans and bolstered its common foreign policy in such places as Lebanon.

• 欧盟已经在与土耳其以及克罗地亚进行谈判，试图继续在巴尔干半岛西部展开外交谈判，施加影响。同时，欧盟还希望能够在黎巴嫩等地区实行欧盟的共同外交政策。