VLADIMIR AND ESTRAGON IN SKOPJE. A fictional Conversation on Trust and Standards and a Plea on how to break a Vicious Circle
VLADIMIR AND ESTRAGON IN SKOPJE. A fictional Conversation on Trust and Standards and a Plea on how to break a Vicious Circle

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: ESI – European Stability Initiative
Keywords: EU enlargement; EU pre-accession process; Macedonia;
Summary/Abstract: The process of European enlargement faces a serious and deepening crisis. Trust in enlargement policy is declining everywhere: in EU member states, in candidate countries, among those who govern and those in opposition. || … || So how can enlargement policy break out of its vicious circle? How can it restore its credibility and popularity with EU publics and recapture the imagination of reformers in accession countries?The process of European enlargement faces a serious and deepening crisis. Trust in enlargement policy is declining everywhere: in EU member states, in candidate countries, among those who govern and those in opposition. || … || So how can enlargement policy break out of its vicious circle? How can it restore its credibility and popularity with EU publics and recapture the imagination of reformers in accession countries? || … || This report is about understanding this dilemma in the context of Macedonia, a country that highlights all these problems of fairness and strictness. The dialogue presented here is fiction. It is, however, based on almost one hundred interviews with Macedonian’s in all walks of life, from the country’s leading politicians to local officials and small entrepreneurs.

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