The EU as state builder in the process of European integration - the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publisher: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung BiH
Volume: 111 pages, pdf
Description:
After the European Union (EU) failed to prevent the disaster in the Balkans in the 1990s, the year 2000 heralded a new beginning in the EU’s relations with the Western Balkans (WB). At the turn of the century, the EU entered a new phase in its relations with the WB by taking a leading role in the stabilisation of the situation in the region. A turning point occurred when the EU offered the Balkan countries the prospect of becoming full members of the EU provided that they meet certain conditions. After the Central and East European (CEE) countries’ successful “return to Europe”, integration has become the “only game in town” for the countries of the WB.