European Union failed to decide to open accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania in October 2019, despite the positive recommendation from the Commission. France was the most active against opening negotiations and it was backed with some other member states. This situation and negative reactions among member states that were in favor of opening [...]
European Movement in Serbia cordially welcomes the European Council's decision on opening accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia. In the time of COVID-19 pandemic, one of the greatest challenges for Europe and the whole world and when solidarity is needed more than ever, this news is encouraging not only for the two countries but for the entire Western [...]
In anticipation of the European Commission’s proposal of the new enlargement methodology and contributing to the debate about the future of EU integration of Western Balkan countries, a group of leading Serbian think tanks and civil society organizations specialized in EU integration hereby presents its own recommendations to the European Union. The document titled Integrating the Western [...]
The European Movement is organizing the presentation of the publication “When Serbs and Albanians Loved Each Other”, that will be held on January 31st, 2020 at the Media Center (Terazije 3, Belgrade), starting at 12.00 a.m. Take a look at the agenda. The book “When Serbs and Albanians Loved Each Other” originated as one of the project’s activities (Towards the Politics of Serbian-Albanian Friendship), [...]
Decision makers have to find a better way to communicate the EU to the citizens - participants concluded at the discussion at the Not Another Enlargement Conference, that has marked the end of the project EnlargEUrope. European Union has been sending mixed messages to the countries of the Western Balkans which has significantly impacted the trust of [...]
The Western Balkan countries need to work more actively on their joint representation on the international level, but also in bilateral relations with the EU within the accession process was the message sent from the panel discussion The Perspective of Western Balkans European Integration after the European Parliament Election and Brexit. The event was the second debate organized within [...]
The European Movement in Serbia is organizing a panel discussion The Perspective of Western Balkans European Integration after the European Parliament Election and Brexit, which will take place on November 14, 2019 at the EU Info Center (Kralja Milana 7, Belgrade), starting at 10 AM.
European Council’s recent negative decision on opening accession negotiations with North Macedonia and eventually Albania, due to strong opposition by France, has jeopardized the credibility of the enlargement policy and the global credibility of the European Union as such. The failure to open accession negotiations after a candidate country had delivered reforms required by the EU [...]
Reconciliation is a long-lasting and very sensitive process which shows the importance of the role political leaders of the countries participating in that process play, both minority and majority leaders in the countries involved in this project, said Jelica Minić, Vice President of the European Movement in Serbia while opening the conference Overcoming the Past Together. The [...]
The future of the Western Balkans is in the EU, which will not be complete without the Western Balkans. It is in the security, political and economic interest of the EU to integrate the WB into its membership. The global credibility of EU is at stake in the enlargement process. By failing to deliver on its [...]
