2 hours agoEU's scenario for the Balkans: That's when the legally binding accord will be reached “between Kosovo and Serbia
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)If everything goes according to an optimistic scenario under discussion in the European Commission by 2025 Montenegro and Serbia will be members of the European Union, membership negotiations would be advanced even with other countries in the region -- Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia. Similarly, until 2019, [...]
Consequently, by 2019, Kosovo and Serbia will have achieved the overall normalisation of relations in the form of a <x0) legally binding” agreement, mentioned as the basic condition for both countries on the European integration path, writes today “Koha Ditore”.
At the same time, until 2019, then Bosnia and Herzegovina will have received candidate status for membership. Albania would have been convincingly implementing five priorities, including current judiciary reforms. Macedonia will have achieved tangible reforms and will have resolved its name dispute with Greece, while both governments -- both in Tirana and Skopje -- will have started negotiations on membership.
At the end of this process, in 2025, all countries in the region will have initiated or even implemented comprehensive and convincing reforms in key areas of rule of law, competition, and regional co-operation and reconciliation.
