Gateway Initiative, the EU has made a commitment that is both value-based and geostrategic. To do justice to this commitment …, the EU should consider the different dimensions of transport connectivity and their implications on several levels and in … an integrated manner. In particular, the EU should take into account the link between connectivity and questions of …

Der Westbalkan solle "so schnell wie möglich" in die EU, erklärte der Bundeskanzler auf dem Gipfel des Berliner … jährlich zwi­schen einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaaten und den Ländern des Westbalkans stattfinden. Er unterscheidet sich von anderen … EU-Initiativen dadurch, dass neben internationalen Finanz- und EU-Institutionen einzelne EU-Staaten beteiligt sind, wie …

Schon jetzt sind die sechs Westbalkanländer (WB6) politisch eng mit der EU verbunden. Doch seit Beginn des russischen …­politik (GASP) stärker in den Fokus. Die EU sollte dabei die Zusammenarbeit der WB6 mit anderen externen Akteuren, wie Russland … Zukunft komplett einstellen werden. In einer veränderten geopolitischen Lage muss die EU allerdings Prioritäten setzen, um die …

The Western Balkans should join the European Union (EU) "as soon as possible", according to statements by the … meetings that have taken place annually since 2014 between individual EU member states and the countries of the Western Balkans …. It differs from other EU initiatives in that international financial and EU institutions are involved alongside …

Now that the European Council has given the green light to opening EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova … neither compromises on the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership nor shortcuts along the path to acces­sion. What is more …

The economic and financial crisis of 2008 disrupted the European Union’s (EU) enlarge­ment policy for the Western … Balkans. At least since that time, the region has seen greater involvement by economic actors from non-EU countries such as … investment, trade and energy security. Investments from these countries can increase the risk of “corrosive capital”, which could …

Even though the six Western Balkan countries (WB6) have close political ties with the EU, their alignment with the EU … aggression in Ukraine. The EU should take a differentiated view of the WB6’s political and security cooperation with external …­ing geopolitical arena, the EU must set priorities that bind the WB6’s outliers to the CFSP. …

first aspire to EU membership under missile fire. Much like Moldova and Georgia, it sees its current status of association … with the EU as a precursor to accession. The 28 Feb­ruary application was a call for help from the dreadful war. Initial …, but the EU leaders do not hold forth the prospect of swift accession. This restraint results from the experience that …