European Union and the Balkans During Juncker’s Commission Cover Image

Evropska unija i Balkan u doba Junkerove komisije
European Union and the Balkans During Juncker’s Commission

Author(s): Miša Đurković
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Институт за међународну политику и привреду
Keywords: European Union; the Balkans; the financial crisis; Germany; instability.

Summary/Abstract: The author analyzes the prospects for the European Union and the Balkans in the forthcoming period. First, it points to the fact that the EU is preoccupied with solving its own financial and economic problems. Enlargement is de facto transferred to another plan and frozen. Then he points to the problematic situation of the Balkan countries that sink in a combination of indebtedness, unemployment, political instability and authoritarianism. In the end, it is contended that in the near future, realistic and not overly ambitious priorities should be set: avoiding bankruptcy and safeguarding the fundamental political stability.

  • Issue Year: 66/2015
  • Issue No: 1159-1158
  • Page Range: 143-154
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Serbian