Non-Papers and the elephant in the room: Rule of law in the Western Balkans
While the European Union has initiated a yearlong Conference on the Future of Europe that gives the floor to its citizens to debate contemporary challenges...
Tag : Western Balkans
Reconciling politicisation and better monitoring: Could Kosovo fall pray to the new methodology?
Beyond the ravaging impact of the COVID pandemic, 2020 was a game changing year for European Union (EU) enlargement policy. Few weeks before the entire...
6th Enlargement Day: The role of regions and cities in the EU accession in focus
by EWB
BRUSSELS – The European Committee of the Regions, in cooperation with the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU, will hold the Enlargement Day...
Without introducing improved monitoring mechanism, unrealistic to expect significant changes with the new methodology
by EWB
The enlargement process is dangerously in a state of impasse, leaving the Western Balkans and EU alike disappointed and dissatisfied, says the latest discussion paper ...
Support of EU members that undermine European values – a bad message for the enlargement process
ZAGREB – To bring the enlargement policy back on track, it is necessary to ensure the trust of the Western Balkan citizens in the accession...
EU needs a convincing path for the Western Balkans’s accession, write BiEPAG experts
by EWB
WESTERN BALKANS – The EU should revisit the request from the region made ten years ago and think of ways to improve pre-accession support making...
[EWB Interview] Šekerinska: Stalemate of our EU accession creates security vacuum in Western Balkans
It has been a year since North Macedonia became a member of NATO. The membership has been praised and celebrated as a huge success, even more...
Schütz: The Berlin Process will continue to play an important role for the Western Balkan
by EWB
BERLIN – In 2014, German government, together with the countries of the region and other partners, launched the Berlin Process to promote regional cooperation, then...
[EWB Interview] Abazović: The change of government in Montenegro is an example for the entire region, the government is committed to EU membership
After political changes in Montenegro in summer 2020, the first ones after establishing a multi-party system in this country, expectations of the new government were...
Rule of law and fundamental rights are not top priorities for governments in the region
by EWB
VIENNA – There is no new momentum for the European future of the Western Balkan countries which for all these years have not moved much...