EU – Western Balkans economic relations Experience useful for new EU “neighbors”
EU – Western Balkans economic relations Experience useful for new EU “neighbors”

Summary/Abstract: Historic EU enlargement that happened on first of May 2004 meant a big change on European continent, generating a lot of economic, geopolitical, security and prosperity implications, debates, uncertainties and possibilities. Along with the dramatically change in physical frontiers, the imagination of - what Europe is and suppose to be - was altered too. It became unclear whether the EU enlargement should stop at these frontiers. Having in mind opportunities and challenges created with the extension, European Union itself started to develop more open and dynamic policies towards the countries outside the block. For the purpose of the contemporary goals as peace, security and economic prosperity it seems that Union consciously leaved the question of enlargement opened. On the other hand, these outside countries very soon will find out that living by big and economically strong block can be economically problematic. Some of them expressed their interest of joining EU openly and very loudly and some of them are still restrained by territorial or other posed EU criteria.

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