The policy paper provides analysis and policy recommendations to political actors in the EU and SEE6 on the current reframing of the European Union ́s enlargement policy towards the region. Integrating the SEE6 into the EU would be a step towards achieving the EU’s finalité. Ultimately, it would imply that European integration has consolidated into a concrete political space with a precise boundary on a continental scale. The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak could be a turning point in the relations between the EU and enlargement countries in the Western Balkans. However, there is also a risk that things will come to a halt as the EU leaders struggle to find answers for the EU’s future. Read more here.
Source: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung