The Western Balkans’ Bumpy Road to the EU 

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has given EU enlargement new impetus, but obstacles to the Western Balkan countries’ integration persist.
Dimitar Bechev, senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, and Oana Popescu-Zamfir, director of the Bucharest-based think tank GlobalFocus Center, discuss the domestic dynamics in the region and how Brussels can encourage democratic reform.
[00:00:00] Intro,
[00:01:41] Where the Western Balkans Stand on the Road to the EU,
[00:11:20] Obstacles to EU Enlargement,
[00:18:35] Prospects for Western Balkan Countries’ EU Accession.
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