EU strategy may be last chance to influence Balkans

The Commission’s new strategy for gradual accession of Balkan countries into the EU has old and new flaws

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  • Balkan state of play
  • New elements
  • Accession timetable
  • Cooption
  • Old flaws
  • Country-based approach
  • Vague promises
  • Internal opposition
  • Crisis of EU values

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