Geopolitics took centre stage at Euronews' Enlargement Summit in Brussels on Tuesday, with leaders from candidate countries framing their ambition to join the European Union as a strategic decision to embrace prosperity and stability in a volatile world.
The tone was set from the outset by António Costa, the president of the European Council, who made an impassioned plea for a larger, safer and stronger bloc and described accession as the "best investment" in a common future.