EU Accession

Will Moldova continue on its European course after the parliamentary elections on 28 September?

Continued support from European institutions amidst rise of the far right is crucial for Georgia’s European aspirations. 

Cultural and political belonging in Moldova is complex and affects how the EU is viewed. Could placing the idea of Europe at the heart of the country’s development agenda create a positive consensus going forward? 

Forged in the depths of systematic oppression, the Kosovars’ staunch support for the EU reflects their desire for democracy. The bloc should stop using it as a bargaining chip.

Turkey’s aspirations for EU accession, often cast as the want for market and visa liberalisation, also uphold an ongoing determination for equality and justice.

The EU’s visions of its enlargement are only one side of the coin. Here is the other.

Besides geopolitics, economy, and history, there is another important and yet often disregarded factor behind this delay.

Stability in the Balkans depends on the success of North Macedonian statehood. This in turn can only be guaranteed by European integration.

In a region that is no stranger to instability, neither the EU’s existing Eastern Partnership programme nor its ambiguous accession process will cut it.

An analysis of how and why the EU accession process for the Western Balkans seems to be going nowhere, and what this might mean for the region.