The insightful piece by Professor Jean Crombois titled “Western Balkans and EU Accession Purgatory” was featured on the Democracy & Society Online blog of the Center for Democracy & Civil Society at Georgetown University. This publication is just one of the remarkable outcomes stemming from the “Politics in a Democracy Under Stress” summer school, a collaborative initiative organized by AUBG and CIDC in partnership with the Master’s Program for Democracy and Governance at Georgetown University.
“The decision, made in June 2022, to grant Ukraine and Moldova candidate status to EU accession puts into question the EU enlargement policy. The new geopolitical situation caused by the unprovoked and illegal aggression of Ukraine by Russia calls for a complete revamping of the EU enlargement policy…”
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