{"id":25853,"date":"2023-11-14T14:44:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/post\/25853"},"modified":"2024-10-14T03:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T01:06:40","slug":"%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%87%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%b8%d0%b4%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%b5%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%bc%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/en\/post\/25853?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Converging futures: Economic integration of the Western Balkans into the European Union"},"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 is based on inputs from three regional online consultation events and one hybrid public event of the Thematic Working Group \u201cAccess to European Single Market\u201d organised between June and September 2023. The thematic working group led by the European Policy Institute, Skopje gathered more than 65 experts from civil society, academia, private sector, and state administration from the Western Balkan Six and the Member States, while the event was attended by 83 participants. 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