New Growth Plan for the Western Balkans - An Important Step Forward, While Much is Yet to be Done
New Growth Plan for the Western Balkans - An Important Step Forward, While Much is Yet to be Done

Author(s): Milena Mihajlović, Lukáš Macek
Subject(s): Politics, Regional Geography, Economic policy, Economic development, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Centar za evropske politike CEP
Keywords: Western Balkans; growth; plan; development; EU; policy;
Summary/Abstract: A stimulating new package in support of Western Balkan countries’ accession is on the EU decision-making table. Half a year after the big announcement by the Commission President, the details of the New Growth Plan for the Western Balkans (the Plan) were presented on 8 November 2023, along with the standard annual Enlargement Package. The Commission’s proposal is in line with the European Council’s June 2022 invitation “to further advance the gradual integration between the European Union and the region already during the enlargement process itself in a reversible and merit-based manner” .

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