№ 65 - West Balkans and European Union After the Meeting in Sarajevo Cover Image

№ 65 - Zapadni Balkan i Evropska Unija nakon Sarajevskog stastanka
№ 65 - West Balkans and European Union After the Meeting in Sarajevo

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji
Keywords: Western Balkans and EU;
Summary/Abstract: The EU – Western Balkans Ministerial Meeting of June 2, 2010 in Sarajevo was a failure in terms of the messages stemming from it. Aft er the Sarajevo meeting the ten-year endeavor to bring the Western Balkans closer to EU looks like a paradox: Europe has never before been farther from the Balkans. Even though the meeting did not close down the region’s perspective for joining the EU, it shift ed the accession accent to the requirements for all new members and their “intensifi ed eff orts to meet the criteria and agreed conditions on their road to the membership.”1 In other words, the EU has set more rigorous criteria for the SAA process.

  • Page Count: 8
  • Publication Year: 2010
  • Language: English, Serbian