Western Balkans – From Depression to Hope
Western Balkans – From Depression to Hope

Author(s): Július Lőrincz
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Present Times (2010 - today), EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Geopolitics
Published by: Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)
Keywords: EU; 2018; 2019; foreign policy; Western Balkans; Slovakia;
Summary/Abstract: A year ago when reviewing the year 2018 in Slovak foreign policy on the Western Balkans I raised the question of whether it had been a lost year or a useful year. The answer was that while it had not been a breakthrough year, it should not be condemned either. Indeed, the European Commission had drafted a policy paper, “A credible enlargement perspective and enhanced EU engagement with the Western Balkans,” in which it stressed that EU membership was a “geostrategic investment in a stable, strong and united Europe based on common values.”

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