The European Commission reported in its daily news bulletin from Brussels about a new phase of development for the European Centre for Democratic Resilience. The organisation is expanding its cooperation to include partner countries currently undergoing European Union enlargement. The Centre was established to help strengthen democratic institutions and increase the resilience of member states against various forms of external interference and disinformation. This experience and toolkit will now become available to EU accession candidate countries, which, according to the initiative's architects, should help them adapt more quickly to the union's institutional standards before formal accession. The expansion of cooperation is viewed as part of a broader EU strategy to prepare candidate countries for membership, encompassing not only economic and legal harmonisation, but also strengthening democratic practices, governance transparency, and protection against attempts to undermine institutional stability. The specifics of interaction mechanisms and the list of countries that will join the programme in the first place are not detailed in the published fragment. Additional information is expected to be presented in subsequent statements from the European Commission.