EU enlargement to the Western Balkans – Three observations. EPC Commentary 08 November 2021.

Stratulat, Corina (2021) EU enlargement to the Western Balkans – Three observations. EPC Commentary 08 November 2021. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

With no real progress in EU enlargement to the Western Balkans, or effective solutions to deal with the region’s fundamental problems, the Union’s promises of support and a shared future are starting to ring hollow. It is unclear where enlargement policy goes from here. Last month, the European Commission adopted its 2021 enlargement package, including a new Communication on enlargement, evaluation reports for all Western Balkan candidate and potential candidate countries (as well as for Turkey), and reform priorities that should guide the EU-hopefuls in the period ahead. Reading through the package, three observations stand out.

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