Author: Cvetanka Aleksandroska, volonteer at EPI The European Union’s (EU) Rule of Law Report is the basis of the European Rule of Law Mechanism, which is a preventive tool that aims to promote the rule of law and prevent challenges from emerging or deepening. The report, published for the first time in September 2020, […]
What are the key challenges in the human rights area? Are the Western Balkans’countries advancing in this area? What can be improved? We talked about these topics with Tobias Flessenkemper, head of the Council of Europe office in Belgrade. His previous postings include the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council […]
On July 13 the European Commission published its third annual Rule of Law Report containing for the first time specific recommendations addressed to each Member State, intended to encourage countries to continue with planned reforms and identify the problems that must be addressed. What are the recommendations for Bulgaria? Will the EU rule of law […]
Author: Dr. Eng. Mohamed Sameh Water services are essential services. They support the sustainable development of our societies and are fundamental for realising the ambition of the EU Green Deal and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Every drop of water count and efficient integrated water management is a challenge all over the world. Over […]
Author: Ardita Vejseli In early spring the European Parliament, Commission and Council signed the Joint Declaration on the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE). The Conference offers a bottom-up perspective – inclusion of European citizens in discussions on the most pressing issues the European Union is facing, to further shape the union they want […]
In this podcast, we discuss deliberative democracy and the method of deliberative polling with Alice Siu, Associate Director of the Center for Deliberative Democracy. Deliberative Democracy is a unique form of political consultation that combines techniques of public opinion research and public deliberation to reveal what public opinion would be on a particular issue if […]
Author: Simonida Kacarska The EU’s appeal to the Western Balkans is conventionally explained by expectations of accelerated democratic and economic development. Given the recent wars and conflicts in the region, it is extremely important to look at the rapprochement with the EU from a security and reconciliation perspective. A useful tool for this analysis is […]
20 years ago, the Republic of Macedonia, first among the countries in the region, signed the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union and its member states. At that time, the expectations were that our path to membership in the European Union would be shorter and that it would bring changes faster, for the […]
Photo by Mike Norton on Flickr Author: Simonida Kacarska 2020 has been a disastrous year for human rights in Europe, in the words of Dunja Mijatovic, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. In her speech on Human Rights Day at the end of 2020, she goes on to argue: “While, increasingly, commitment to upholding human rights standards has been […]
Author: Malinka Ristevska Jordanova Ultimately, we should acknowledge that the EU cannot simply come up with a recipe that will grant us a better life. We must have our own vision and our own plan. Some fifteen years ago, while talking to another veteran in the EU integration process from the region, I complained to […]
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