The Western Balkans' EU accession prospects - with Fabrizio Tassinari

Since the late 1990s, the European Union has consistently affirmed its commitment to integrating the Western Balkans into the Union. However, following Croatia's accession in 2011, enlargement fatigue set in within the bloc, resulting in a slowdown of accession talks with no clear timeline in sight for the remaining countries - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, and Kosovo. In March 2024, EU leaders took a crucial step by opening accession negotiations for Bosnia and Herzegovina's EU membership, moving the country one step closer to joining the bloc after an eight-year wait. In this episode of Governance This Week, Fabrizio Tassinari, Executive Director at the Florence School of Transnational Governance, breaks down the significance of this move for the region. He also delves into the realistic prospects for all Western Balkan countries to achieve integration into the EU in the immediate future. #GovernanceThisWeek #WesternBalkans #BosniaHerzegovina #Montenegro #Serbia #NorthMacedonia #Albania #Kosovo #europeanunion ▶ Website: https://www.eui.eu/stg ▶ LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/47b5Qox ▶ X: https://www.x.com/stgeui ▶ Instagram:   / stgeui