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The European Union must reform its institutions the European Commission, Council and Parliament to ensure that it remains capable of working and acting in the event of enlargement to up to 35 members, a German research institute has said. Without these reforms, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW), the EU would not be in a position to enlarge. The report was made available to dpa in advance. The authors of the report highlighted the principle of unanimity for decisions by EU countries as a particular problem. Up to now, member state