BiEPAG's Policy Brief: Roadmaps, safeguards, and accountability to restore enlargement to the WB - European Western Balkans

BiEPAG's Policy Brief: Roadmaps, safeguards, and accountability to restore enlargement to the WB - European Western Balkans

The European Union’s credibility in the Western Balkans is in crisis, warns a new policy brief, “Why the EU Talks Reform but Fuels Decline in the Balkans”, published by the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG). Despite constant declarations of support for democratic reform and EU integration, Brussels is increasingly seen as enabling backsliding, rewarding autocrats, and sidelining civil society in the name of stability and geopoliti…