{"id":10664,"date":"2017-02-02T15:55:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T15:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.epi.org.mk\/?p=10664"},"modified":"2021-03-18T13:04:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T12:04:40","slug":"back-to-basics-re-affirming-the-rule-of-law-in-the-western-balkans-merlin-wb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/en\/post\/10664","title":{"rendered":"Back to Basics: Re-affirming the Rule of Law in the Western Balkans [MERLIN WB]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>This paper urges decision makers in Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, as well as civil society and regional organizations committed to the EU integration of the Western Balkans countries and EU institutions to address the shortcomings of the EU-related efforts of these countries to this point and the overall reforms that aim for the democratization of the region.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-inline vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-3d vc_btn3-color-purple\" href=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/docs\/Back_to_Basics_Re-affirming_the_Rule_of_Law_in_the_Western_Balkans_FINAL_brief.pdf\" title=\"\">DOWNLOAD PDF<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/docs\/Back_to_Basics_Re-affirming_the_Rule_of_Law_in_the_Western_Balkans_FINAL_brief.pdf\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_shadow_3d  vc_box_border_grey\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/merlin_Re_affirming.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"merlin_Re_affirming\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/merlin_Re_affirming.png 415w, https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/merlin_Re_affirming-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/merlin_Re_affirming-8x12.png 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This paper urges decision makers in Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, as well as civil society and regional organizations committed to the EU integration of the Western Balkans countries and EU institutions to address the shortcomings of the EU-related efforts of these countries to this point and the overall reforms that aim for the democratization of [...]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-119","category-test"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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