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It was a great pleasure to attend the Forum on the Future of the EU organized by Equipo Europa in Madrid. To see such an interest in enlargement issues among young people across Europe is always a great reminder that this political process has a future, despite what current official statements might be. I also had a privilege to share a few of my own thoughts at the panel moderated by Mariana M. André, in exchange with Pablo Rupérez Pascualena and professor María Josefa del Pozo. The Enlargement is not a topic I often talk about in public, but it is a topic I live every day as a Serbian citizen living in Belgium, moving in political and activist circles. So i do not plan to write here my manifesto on the topic (if you/anyone is interested - i am happy to dm, chat, have a conversation over beer or join next enlargement event). But for me, the most important thing that was also stressed during this conference is that the EU project and Enlargement as its agenda point is not to be locked in offices and discussed through reports and institutional meetings only. If at all. We need wide societal debates; we need exchanges platforms; we need information, we need learning and discussions; we need engagement. Otherwise, it will not be. Otherwise, we will not be.