,,OPEN BALKAN" - A TRUE DEVELOPMENT CHANCE OR POLITICAL MANEUVER OF BLOCKED NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU

KEKENOVSKI, JOVE (2022) ,,OPEN BALKAN" - A TRUE DEVELOPMENT CHANCE OR POLITICAL MANEUVER OF BLOCKED NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU. Macedonian Political Forum, Political sciense e- journal, X (10). pp. 85-99. ISSN 1857-9167

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Abstract

Abstract
Despite several subsequent recommendations of the European Commission to start the pre-accession negotiations of the Republic of Macedonia and Albania with the EU, this did not happen until the beginning of July 2022. The opening of negotiations for these two Balkan states at the end of 2019 was openly opposed by French President Emmanuel Macron, as well as by the Republic of Bulgaria in relation to Republic Macedonia. Aware that accession to the EU will not happen in a short time, the prime ministers of the of Macedonia and Albania and the president of the of Serbia signed the Declaration on the establishment of "Mini Schengen" in October 2019 in Novi Sad. This initiative aimed to finally make the Western Balkans function as a region where free trade would take place and to create a common regional market. The regional initiative "Mini Schengen" at the Economic Forum for Regional Cooperation held at the end of July 2021 in Skopje received a new name "Open Balkans".
All the countries of the Western Balkans have a problem with historical prejudices, with the rule of law, with the fight against crime and corruption and the protection of the freedoms and rights of man and citizen. If free trade is established between all the countries of the Western Balkans, it can lead to the strengthening of democracy and the rule of law in these countries. The solution of the mentioned problems will bring all the countries of the Western Balkans one step closer to full membership in the EU and to the realization of the basic four freedoms on which the EU is based (freedom of movement of people, goods, services and capital).
Keywords: integration, region, free trade, negotiations, regional market, initiative.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Political science
Divisions:	Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality
Depositing User:	Prof. d-r Jove Kekenovski
Date Deposited:	27 Apr 2023 07:51
Last Modified:	27 Apr 2023 07:51
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/8156

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