{"id":49983,"date":"2025-01-23T12:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/?post_type=activity&#038;p=49983"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:37:07","slug":"i-dievrynsi-tis-ee-kai-i-makra-kai-periploki-poreia-proschorisis-ton-dytikon-valkanion","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/activity\/eu-enlargement-and-the-western-balkans-long-and-winding-accession-path\/","title":{"rendered":"EU enlargement and the Western Balkans\u2019 long and winding accession path"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p><strong>Dr. Isabelle Ioannides<\/strong>, <strong>Senior Research Fellow<\/strong> at the <strong>South-East Europe Programme<\/strong> of <strong>ELIAMEP<\/strong>, authored the article titled <em>\u201c<strong>EU enlargement and the Western Balkans\u2019 long and winding accession path<\/strong>\u201d<\/em>, published in the special issue of IDEES entitled <em>\u201c<strong>The Balkans at the Crossroads<\/strong>\u201d<\/em>, edited by Dr. Ioannis Armakolas and Dr. Ruth Ferrero.<\/p>\n<p>The article examines the EU\u2019s enlargement policy and the complex accession process of the Western Balkans, emphasizing the gap between political commitments and actual progress. It argues that, despite the renewed momentum following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, the path to membership remains uncertain without stronger political will, credible reforms, and institutional accountability \u2014 both from the EU and the candidate countries.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/revistaidees.cat\/en\/lampliacio-de-la-unio-europea-i-el-llarg-i-complex-proces-dadhesio-dels-balcans-occidentals\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":49984,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"program":[23],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/49983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/activity"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=49983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}