The new Growth Plan for the Western Balkans (Growth Plan) proposed by the European Commission (EC) on 8 November 2023 aims to accelerate economic growth and the enlargement process of the six Western Balkan (WB) countries. It openly recognises that neither the level nor the speed of convergence between the WB and the European Union [...]
The New Growth Plan for the Western Balkans (Growth Plan) that the European Commission (EC) revealed in November 2023 starts on a promising note. The plan’s foundations rest on four pillars, which seem to be precisely what the Western Balkans (WB) needs to achieve enhanced growth rates, EU convergence, and social progress. The first pillar [...]
Considering the overall political situation in Europe after the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the current situation in the six Western Balkan countries (WB6), particularly concerning their progress toward accession to the European Union (EU), the European Commission (EC) proposed a new Growth Plan for the Western Balkans [...]
Since the Thessaloniki promise in 2003, where the European Union (EU) articulated the membership prospects for the Western Balkans (WB), Croatia is the only nation to have successfully acceded to the EU. More than 20 years later, the WB countries are still struggling on their path to the EU. The advancement toward the EU, determined [...]
