{"id":14781,"date":"2020-01-30T11:14:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T11:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/post\/14781"},"modified":"2025-01-09T13:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T12:47:19","slug":"european-integration-of-the-western-balkans-making-a-realistic-perspective-out-of-a-shifting-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/sq\/post\/14781","title":{"rendered":"European Integration of the Western Balkans: Making a Realistic Perspective out of a Shifting Target"},"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>The process of European integration has encountered several difficulties for the Western Balkan region and the signs of fatigue are everywhere. The European Union internal political dynamic is not helping. With the Brexit deadline fast approaching and the European elections that took place in May 2019, it is time for the Western Balkan countries to \u2019weather this storm\u2019 together.<\/p>\n<p>Powered by the Western Balkans Fund, the Albanian Institute for International Studies, the European Policy Institute &#8211; Skopje and the European Movement in Serbia have produced three policy briefs, summarizing the current situation in Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia, highlighting the challenges posed by 2019 events in the EU and analysing the way the narrative is being reflected in their respective societies, as well as in the EU. The briefs also contain the relevant policy recommendations to mitigate the risks to the integration process of the countries, as well as the entire Western Balkans.<\/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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EUROPEAN-INTEGRATION-OF-THE-WESTERN-BALKANS.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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EUROPEAN-INTEGRATION-OF-THE-WESTERN-BALKANS.pdf\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_shadow_3d  vc_box_border_grey\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"757\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wbf.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"wbf\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wbf.jpg 757w, https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wbf-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wbf-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The process of European integration has encountered several difficulties for the Western Balkan region and the signs of fatigue are everywhere. 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