Episode 82: The Western Balkans in integration limbo

>>> Support the podcast, become a patron: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/TalkEasternEurope" rel="noopener">www.patreon.com/TalkEasternEurope</a> <br />Earlier this month was a the EU-Western Balkan Summit in Brdo Slovenia. While there has been a lot of talk of seeking a breakthrough in opening the EU membership door for Western Balkans, not much came to fruition as a result of the high level meeting. Nevertheless, it is important to understand current issues regarding Western Balkans, their relations with the European Union and what might come next.<br />In this episode of Talk Eastern Europe, Maciek catches up with Marta Szpala an analyst at the Warsaw-based Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), to get her insight on the current developments in the region of Western Balkans.<br />**************<br />Full text of the Brdo declaration of the EU-Western Balkans summit: <a href="https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/52280/brdo-declaration-6-october-2021-en.pdf" rel="noopener">https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/52280/brdo-declaration-6-october-2021-en.pdf</a> <br />TEE Episode 61: Bulgaria blocks North Macedonia’s EU aspirations <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/user/talkeasterneurope/tee-61" rel="noopener">https://www.spreaker.com/user/talkeasterneurope/tee-61</a> <br />The Berlin Process and why the EU remains a political dwarf in the Balkans by Ivan Pepic: <a href="https://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/08/12/the-berlin-process-and-why-the-eu-remains-a-political-dwarf-in-the-balkans/" rel="noopener">https://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/08/12/the-berlin-process-and-why-the-eu-remains-a-political-dwarf-in-the-balkans/</a> <br />Talk Eastern Europe is a member of the EuroPod Network. Learn more here: <a href="https://www.bullemedia.eu/europod" rel="noopener">https://www.bullemedia.eu/europod</a>