Western Balkan countries should do more to fight the corruption

by K. M.

Brussels—“Western Balkan countries should do more to fight the corruption”,- was said during the hearings of the Subcommittee on Human Rights - in the European Parliament on Wednesday, November 5^th 2014.

“European Parliament can contribute to improve the information on the situation of these countries and also will going to be focused on Human Rights, rule of law and the starting of the legislative frameworks and access to justice,” - said the Chair of the hearing of Human Rights.

EU Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2014-2015

The Case of the Western Balkan countries

by Elvita Mertins

 

Enlargement is one of the most powerful and important policy tools used by the European Union (EU) to serve its strategic interests in security, stability, conflict prevention, and increased economic prosperity. Having grown since 1950’s from 6 to 28 member states, the EU now has another number of countries wanting to join in. 

The current enlargement agenda covers the countries of the Western Balkans, Turkey and Iceland. Moreover, the enlargement door remains open to any European country which is able to meet and implement the political and economic criteria for membership, which are known as the ‘Copenhagen criteria’. Without going into details, the 2014 EU enlargement package is based on three main pillars: the rule of law, economic governance and public administration reform¹.