Towards a more equal and democratic Europe
Today, Europe’s democratic future is being defended in the trenches in Ukraine. Amidst the war, granting candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova was one of...
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2023 European Commission Report on North Macedonia: Put your reforms where your mouth is!
Authors: Nikola Dimitrov and Zoran Nechev This piece was originally published on BiEPAG blog. The 2023 EU Commission report on North Macedonia is one of...
European Commission country reports need more consistency in assessing democratic institutions
By European Policy Centre (CEP) (Strahinja Subotic, Programme Manager and Senior Researcher & Milos Pavkovic, Researcher) The European Commission’s country reports on the state of...
The limits of gradual sectoral integration between the EU and the candidate countries
By Steven Blockmans and Michael Emerson The European Council in June 2022 invited the Commission, the High Representative and the Council ‘to further advance the...
No More Lullabies: The EU Needs a Renewed Enlargement Process 20 Years After Thessaloniki Promise
By: Strahinja Subotić and Lukáš Macek Twenty years ago, on 21 June 2003, the Thessaloniki Summit heralded a new era in the EU’s relationship with the...
If It Ain’t Broken, Don’t Fix It: Turkish Foreign Policy in the Balkans After the Elections
By Vuk Vuksanović and Srđan Hercigonja The first round of Turkish presidential elections is over. A runoff for the Turkish presidency will be held on...
Yes, EUtopia is possible!
While the war is raging in Ukraine, we might not even recognize what a paradoxical gift we hold in our hands, which is to live...
North Macedonia could do better?
This piece was originally published on BiEPAG blog By: Nikola Ditrov nad Zoran Nechev Less than three months since the EU “started the opening...
Good News, but much work to do
This piece was originally published on BiEPAG blog By Marika Djolai and Damir Kapidžić Big news for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) comes from the...
Open Balkans, closed borders
This piece was originally published on BiEPAG blog. By Aleksandra Tomanić and Katarina Tadić Everybody is talking about regional cooperation. Yet, few fully understand...