EU/WESTERN BALKANS : FURTHER ENLARGEMENT BY 2010 OR 2020?(European Union)
Europe-East, November, 2006
The enlargement of the European Union will not stop with the accession of Romania and Bulgaria in 2007. The next group to which the EU has promised the possibility of accession is the countries of the western Balkans. On 8 November, the European Commission published its annual reports on the progress made in these countries in terms of stabilisation and association. These reports set the common political and economic targets, although the evaluation of progress achieved is based on each country's own merits. The contractual [Stabilisation and Association Agreements - SAA], economic [exceptional trade measures] and financial [Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation - CARDS] instruments assist the process by giving support to reforms and the...
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