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Significance
With some new ideas -- as well as some old mistakes and misconceptions -- the strategy is an opportunity to reopen the issue of Balkan states’ EU accession, pushed aside for several years.
Impacts
The EU faces problems in securing implementation of existing reforms, which have slowed or even halted across the Balkans.
The situation is further burdened by growing Russian, Turkish and Arab influence, and tensions between them, the EU and the United States.
The Bulgarian and Austrian rotating six-month EU presidencies mean to make the Balkans a priority throughout 2018.
Keywords:
EU,
EUR,
Balkans,
Albania,
Bosnia-Hercegovina,
Kosovo,
Macedonia,
Montenegro,
Serbia,
EU/BALKANS,
international relations,
politics,
integration,
judicial,
policy,
reform,
security,
election,
foreign policy,
human rights
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