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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T07:03:46.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Albania",
    "Albania - Politics and Society",
    "Albania - Premium Only",
    "All Countries",
    "All Countries - Politics and Society",
    "All Countries - Premium Only",
    "Balkan Insight",
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    "Aleksandar Vucic",
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  "textContent": "Brussels has already gone cold on a scheme to allow some aspirant countries like Albania and Serbia second-tier membership – but that doesn’t mean that other creative approaches to European enlargement are off the table.",
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