Back to the future?
How the EU can regain relevance in the Western Balkans?
A GREENS/EFA Conference
Brussels, 9 April 2019, 9h30-13h00
European Parliament, ASP 1G3
At the beginning of the current legislative term the Commission communicated that there will be a 5-year enlargement stop. This led to a loss of credibility of the EU’s most powerful incentive for the region’s transformation. Since then we witnessed more autocracy and foreign influences in the Western Balkan region. Behind this background the conference aims to assess also latest developments and ask “How the EU can regain relevance in the Western Balkans?”