Специфичности европских интеграција - искуства Западног Балкана и студија случаја Пољске
Specificity of European integration: experiences of the Western Balkans and a case study of Poland

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the analysis of content related to the process of accession of the Western Balkans countries to the European Union (EU) and the review of the EU accession process of countries that, in the meantime, became full members of this organisation in the period from 2004 to 2007. The paper analyses the historical aspects of the European integration process in order to use the experiences of other countries that could be of importance for the European integration process of the Western Balkan countries. Also, the paper discusses the key factors of the EU’s eastern enlargement strategy and, in this context, Poland as a case study, whose experiences can be valuable in assessing the perspective and challenges that the Western Balkans countries may still face in the process of European integration. The author analytically studies the determinants of the EU enlargement policy and presents his assessment of the provision of European preaccession assistance to candidate countries. Finally, in the context of the implementation of transitional reforms in the Western Balkans process, the author also points to the basic narrative of European integration, which includes a prediction of its future course and an overview of the current contradictions that condition the EU accession process.

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