“This year’s annual report confirms Kosovo’s limited progress in fulfilling a number of criteria. The European Commission repeatedly remarked that the country is at a very ‘early stage’ (the term is used no less than 33 times in the document) in terms of preparedness for taking on the obligations of membership.”
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2015/11/17/experts-react-eu-progress-reports-2015/#Five
Gëzim Krasniqi – University College London
ESI, Gerald Knaus, January 2014
A crisis of trust – The ESI Roadmap Proposal for Enlargement:
ESI, Belgrade presentation, November 2014
“So far, 2014 has been a year of mixed signals for the European integration of the Western Balkans. Enlargement fatigue was expressed explicitly by incoming European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker when he stated the obvious that there will be no enlargement during his mandate and downgraded the enlargement portfolio in the new Commission. Yet, a high-profile summit of Western Balkan leaders in Berlin in August and the recent German-British initiative for Bosnia and Herzegovina signal the renewed engagement of Germany and a number of other key EU member states with the Balkans. So where does enlargement stand at this point, and what are its prospects of pushing the reform agenda in the region forward?”
http://www.suedosteuropa.uni-graz.at/sites/default/files/article_attach/BiEPAG%20Policy%20Brief.pdf
Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group, Policy Paper May 2014
“The arrival of a more pro-Russian government in Athens could add to the Brussels’ exiting headaches in the Balkans.”
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/greece-could-disrupt-the-eu-s-balkan-policy
BIRN; Marcus Tanner, 04/02/2015
