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Western Balkans: European Parliament takes stock of 2018 progress

November 30, 2018 by European Union Leave a Comment

This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs assessed the progress made in Albania, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on their path towards possible EU accession on Thursday. Three resolutions evaluating the current state of play were adopted by the full House. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MEPs […]

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EU prepares for the worst case scenario as Turkey seems to be withdrawing from the migration deal

December 14, 2016 by Chris Anyfantis Leave a Comment

The EU Foreign Ministers convened in Brussels two days ago with Austria calling for a tougher stance towards the Turkish membership urging the EU to freeze negotiations due to the recent security crackdown in Turkey. The EU leaders will discuss the EU-Turkey refugee deal on Thursday which is directly linked to the Turkish accession talks. Erdogan […]

Filed Under: Policy, Politics, Refugee Crisis, Regional Tagged With: Albania, Austria, EP, EU, EU-Mali deal, freeze membership talks, Frontex, FYROM, Greece, Mali, migration crisis, Miroslav Lajcak, refugee deal, Sebastian Kurz, Turkey

Migration has set EU’s political clock ticking; the stagnating economy cannot help it and Turkey doesn’t cooperate

October 29, 2015 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

The more action clauses a document of a Western Balkans-EU agreement contains, meant to “improve cooperation and step up consultation between the countries along the migration route”, the less cooperation there will be. That was the case last Sunday 25 October when 11 leaders of Balkan and EU countries met in Brussels. They knew very […]

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Migration crisis will keep deteriorating as common EU political will is simply not there

August 28, 2015 by Chris Anyfantis 1 Comment

The migration crisis in the European Union was the main issue of the Western Balkans Summit yesterday in Vienna, but was largely overshadowed by the deaths of at least 20 refugees who were found dead in a truck in Austria. This tragic event shocked everyone in the Summit who expressed the need for immediate actions by […]

Filed Under: EUGlobe, Policy, Refugee Crisis, Regional Tagged With: Albania, Austria, Bosnia - Herzegovina, EC, EU, Federica Mogherini, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Mediterranean, migration, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Western Balkans Summit, Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

The EU pretends not knowing what happens in the Western Balkans

October 17, 2013 by Maria Milouv Leave a Comment

It’s more than a joke, it’s a clear deception or even an imperialistic attitude of the European Union, towards the countries wanting to join it, to tell them that they pass Commissioner Štefan Füle‘s test of the “five fundamentals”. Of course this doesn’t apply to Turkey or Iceland, because both of them seem to have […]

Filed Under: Policy Tagged With: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EU, EU Parliament, Füle, Kosovo, Serbia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), Westen Balakans