{"id":24649,"date":"2023-06-23T13:51:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T11:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/post\/24649"},"modified":"2024-10-14T03:04:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T01:04:23","slug":"%d1%84%d0%be%d1%80%d1%83%d0%bc-%d0%b5%d1%83%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%83%d0%bc-2023-%d0%b5%d1%83-%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b0%d0%bc%d0%be-%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%b4%d0%b2%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%88%d0%bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/sq\/post\/24649?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Forum Europaeum 2023: The EU membership is not an external political goal, but an internal one"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Both at the time of the Thessaloniki Summit 20 years ago and today, domestic reforms are the way that the countries of the Western Balkans can help each other on the way to the European Union because the EU membership is not only a foreign political goal but also a domestic policy. This was highlighted at Forum Europaeum 2023 – 20 years after the Thessaloniki Summit: The way ahead\u00a0<\/strong>yesterday in Skopje.<\/p>\n

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The speakers at the event emphasized that a lot has been done in these 20 years and that opportunities are open for many countries, but that political instability, both in the countries of the region, the member states and the EU itself, contributed to slowing down the processes and create reform fatigue. Delays and obstacles on the way to the EU redirect the focus from reforms and integration to other topics and the countries of the region become fertile ground for nationalism and populism.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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