WESTERN BALKANS’ PATH TO EU BETWEEN THE DREAM AND REALITY

In the beginning of 2018 the European Commission outlined a new strategy for the Western Balkans.
How realistic is the 2025 benchmark?
How the strategy is perceived in the region?
Is it a déjà vu or a true new opening?

Zoltán Martinusz, Director for Enlargement, Security, Civil Protection and Foreign Affairs Council Support, General Secretariat of the Council of the EU
Jovan Teokarević, Director of the Belgrade Centre for European Integration, Open Society Foundation in Serbia (tbc)
Remzi Lani, executive director of the Albanian Media Institute
Albert Musliu, Alliance for Development Initiatives
Chair:
Gertraud Borea d’Olmo, Secretary General, Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue

in cooperation with
Centre for Liberal Strategies
Balkan Trust for Democracy, German Marshall Fund