Western Balkans

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Organization (WTO)</option> <option value="/yemen_en">Yemen</option> <option value="/zambia_en">Zambia and COMESA</option> <option value="/zimbabwe_en">Zimbabwe</option> </select> </div> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/missions-and-operations_en">Military & civilian missions & operations</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Since the first CSDP missions and operations were launched back in 2003, the EU has undertaken over 37 overseas operations, using civilian and military missions and operations in several countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. As of today, there are 21 ongoing CSDP missions and operations, 12 of which are civilian, and 9 military.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-inline-dropdown field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--menu-inline-dropdown paragraph--view-mode--default"> <label for="menu-inline-dropdown55012" class="visually-hidden">Select mission & operation</label> <select id="menu-inline-dropdown55012" class="select2-enabled" onchange="location = this.value;"> <option value=""> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Select mission & operation</div> </option> <option value="https://eunavfor.eu/">EU NAVFOR Atalanta</option> <option value="/eu-racc-sahel_en">EU RACC Sahel</option> <option value="https://www.euam-iraq.eu/">EUAM Iraq</option> <option value="/euam-rca_en">EUAM RCA</option> <option value="https://www.euam-ukraine.eu/">EUAM Ukraine</option> <option value="/eubam-libya_en">EUBAM Libya</option> <option value="https://eubam.org/">EUBAM Moldova and Ukraine</option> <option value="https://www.eubam-rafah.eu/"> EUBAM Rafah</option> <option value="/eucap-sahel-mali_en">EUCAP Sahel Mali</option> <option value="https://www.eucap-sahel.eu/">EUCAP Sahel Niger</option> <option value="/eucap-somalia_en">EUCAP Somalia</option> <option value="http://www.euforbih.org/">EUFOR Althea</option> <option value="https://www.eulex-kosovo.eu/">EULEX Kosovo</option> <option value="/euma_en">EUM Armenia</option> <option value="/eumam-ukraine_en">EUMAM Ukraine</option> <option value="https://www.eumm.eu/">EUMM Georgia</option> <option value="/eumpm-niger_en">EUMPM Niger</option> <option value="/eunavfor-aspides_en">EUNAVFOR ASPIDES</option> <option value="https://www.operationirini.eu/">EUNAVFOR MED operation IRINI</option> <option value="/eupm-moldova_en">EUPM Moldova</option> <option value="https://eupolcopps.eu/">EUPOL COPPS/Palestinian Territories</option> <option value="/eu-sdi-gulf-guinea_en">EU SDI Gulf of Guinea</option> <option value="/eutm-mozambique_en">EUTM Mozambique</option> <option value="/eutm-rca_en">EUTM RCA</option> <option value="https://www.eutm-somalia.eu/">EUTM Somalia</option> <option value="http://eutmmali.eu/">EUTM Mali</option> </select> </div> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><span>Regions</span></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> <div class="field field--name-field-level3-links field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">See also</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/africa-and-eu_en">Africa</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/asia_en">Asia</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/central-asia_en">Central Asia</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/eastern-europe_en">Eastern Europe</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/latin-america-and-caribbean_en">Latin America & the Caribbean</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/middle-east-and-north-africa-mena_en">Middle East and North Africa (MENA)</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/north-america-canada-and-united-states_en">North America</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/overseas-countries-and-territories_en">Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs)</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/pacific_en">Pacific</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/western-balkans_en">Western Balkans</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/western-europe_en">Western Europe</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><span>Regional policies</span></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> <div class="field field--name-field-level3-links field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">See also</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/black-sea-synergy_en">Black Sea Synergy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/topic-page/eu-arctic_en">EU Arctic Policy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/eastern-partnership_en">Eastern Partnership</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/belgrade-pristina-dialogue_en">EU Facilitated Dialogue: Belgrade-Pristina relations</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/european-neighbourhood-policy_en">European Neighbourhood Policy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eeas/eu-and-middle-east-peace-process_en">Middle East Peace Process</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/topic-page/eu-arctic_en#10590">Northern Dimension</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eu-indo-pacific-strategy-topic_en">EU Indo-Pacific Strategy</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/eu-election-observation-missions-1_en">Election observation missions</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Election observation missions (EOMs) provide a comprehensive, independent and impartial assessment of an electoral process according to international standards for democratic elections. The EU is a worldwide recognised credible actor in international election observation. Since 2000, the EU has deployed over 160 EOMs in more than 60 countries.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-inline-dropdown field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--menu-inline-dropdown paragraph--view-mode--default"> <label for="menu-inline-dropdown55016" class="visually-hidden">Selection Election Observation Missions</label> <select id="menu-inline-dropdown55016" class="select2-enabled" onchange="location = this.value;"> <option value=""> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Selection Election Observation Missions</div> </option> <option value="/eom-s%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal-2024_fr?s=410357">EOM Senegal 2024</option> <option value="/moe-rd-congo-2023_fr">EOM DR Congo 2023</option> <option value="/eom-liberia-2023_en">EOM Liberia 2023</option> <option value="/eom-maldives-2023_en">EOM Maldives 2023</option> <option value="/eom-zimbabwe-2023_en">EOM Zimbabwe 2023</option> <option value="/eom-guatemala-2023_es">EOM Guatemala 2023</option> <option value="/eom-nigeria-2023_en">EOM Nigeria 2023</option> <option value="/eom-paraguay-2023_es?s=410304">EOM Paraguay 2023</option> <option value="/eom-sierra-leone-2023_en">EOM Sierra Leone 2023</option> <option value="/eom-colombia-2022_en">EOM Colombia 2022</option> <option value="/eom-kenya-2022_en">EOM Kenya 2022</option> <option value="/eom-lebanon-2022_en">EOM Lebanon 2022</option> <option value="/eom-lesotho-2022_en">EOM Lesotho 2022</option> <option value="/eom-sao-tome-e-principe-2022_en">EOM São Tomé e Príncipe 2022</option> <option value="/eom-timor-leste-2022_en">EOM Timor Leste 2022</option> </select> </div> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/iran-and-eu-0_en">Iran & JCPOA</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Since 2006, the EU High Representative has led diplomatic efforts between the E3/EU+3 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) and Iran, which led to the conclusion of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran’s nuclear program (JCPOA) in Vienna on 14 July 2015. The JCPOA is designed to ensure that Iran’s nuclear programme will be exclusively peaceful and provides for the comprehensive lifting of UN, EU and US nuclear-related sanctions.</p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row highlights--menu-component"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="nav-item dropdown has-megamenu paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown paragraph--view-mode--default"> <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdown55037" role="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" data-bs-auto-close="outside" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">What we do</div> </a> <div class="dropdown-menu mega-dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown55037"> <div class="container-xxxl"> <div class="row"> <div class="d-none d-lg-block col-lg-3 menu-featured"> <div class="field field--name-field-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/megamenu/public/media/flag-nature-web.jpg?h=90d10537&itok=m7DYeFNO" width="300" height="150" alt="Woman holding the EU flag - Shutterstock" class="img-fluid image-style-megamenu" /> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>All over the world, the EU works to prevent and resolve conflicts, to support resilient democracies, to promote human rights and sustainable development, to fight climate change, and to contribute to a rules-based global order.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-9 menu-sections"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/eu-peace-security-and-defence_en">EU Peace, Security and Defence</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In an increasingly interconnected world, Europe’s security starts abroad. European citizens expect and deserve to live in a safe and stable environment. In the face of increased global instability, the EU needs to take more responsibility for its own security and increase its capacity to act autonomously.</p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/crisis-response_en">Crisis Response</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span>Crises can affect EU citizens, staff and interests outside of the EU. To protect them, the EU is strengthening its response to security and consular crises. The EEAS Crisis Response Centre contributes to this work. </span></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/human-rights-democracy_en">Human Rights & Democracy </a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In a shifting geopolitical landscape, the EU has remained a strong defender of human rights. New geopolitical rivalries only serve to underline its role as a reliable and stable partner, and a champion of the rules-based international order.</p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/gender-and-diversity_en">Gender & Diversity</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span><span><span>Gender equality and women’s empowerment, but also diversity in the broadest sense of the word, are political objectives and priorities of the EU in all of its internal and external policy.</span> </span></span></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/climate-environment-energy_en">Climate, Environment & Energy </a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Climate change and environmental degradation are an existential threat to Europe and the world. The EU promotes the approach of the European Green Deal of a just transition towards sustainable, resource-efficient and climate neutral economies and energy systems.</p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/multilateral-relations_en">Multilateral relations</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In today’s world marked by major geopolitical and economic power shifts, multilateralism is still the most effective means to govern global relations in a way that benefits all. The EU stands committed to a renewed multilateralism fit for the 21st century.</p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/migration-forced-displacement_en">Migration & Forced Displacement</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span>Migration is a global phenomenon presenting a unique set of challenges while offering substantial benefits to countries of origin and destination as well as migrants. The EU works to ensure that migration takes place in a safe, regular and sustainable manner. </span></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/eu-enlargement-and-neighbourhood-relations_en">EU Enlargement & Neighbourhood</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The EU prioritises development and stability in the wider region and neighbourhood, working in close partnership with its neighbours to the East and South and supporting the reforms required by countries that want to become EU members.</p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/humanitarian-emergency-response_en">Humanitarian & Emergency response </a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The European Union together with its Member States is the world’s leading humanitarian donor. <em><span><span>New challenges, same principles</span></span></em><span><span>, humanitarian aid is a key pillar of the EU’s external action and an important part of its ability to project its values globally. </span></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/international-cooperation-partnership_en">International cooperation & partnership</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The European Union, more than ever, needs to work closely with partners to face the global challenges and build together a safer, greener, more prosperous and equal world.</p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/culture-%E2%80%93-implementing-eu-international-cultural-relations_en">Cultural relations</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Cultural diversity is one of the emblems of the EU and its Member States and a tool to strengthen cultural relations beyond our borders, to connect people worldwide, to share values, to improve international relations and to learn from each other’s practice. </p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/tackling-disinformation-foreign-information-manipulation-interference_en">Tackling Disinformation, Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span><span><span>Since 2015, the EU has significantly improved its capacity to tackle Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI), protecting the EU’s democratic processes, security and citizens.</span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/global-gateway_en">Global Gateway</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Global Gateway is a new European strategy to boost smart, clean and secure links in digital, energy and transport sectors and to strengthen health, education and research systems across the world.</p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/digital-diplomacy_en">Digital Diplomacy</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span><span><span><span>Digital technologies have brought new opportunities into the lives of people around the world. They have also become key competitive parameters that can shift the balance of power. The goal of EU Digital Diplomacy is to secure the EU global role in the digital world, to protect its strategic interests and to promote its dynamic, human-centric regulatory framework for an inclusive digital transformation.</span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/economic-relations-trade-and-sustainability_en">Economic relations - Trade & sustainability</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In its trade relations, the EU promotes a sustainable growth model as defined by the European Green Deal and the European Digital Strategy, which can help the recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis.</p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/european-union-sanctions_en">EU Sanctions</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Restrictive measures, or sanctions, are one of the EU's tools to promote the objectives of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). </p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/eeas/science-diplomacy_en">Science Diplomacy</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span><span>Science and technology play an increasing role in the geopolitical arena. </span></span></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 paragraph paragraph--type--mega-dropdown-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="menu-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-level2-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/public-diplomacy_en">Public Diplomacy</a></div> </h4> <div class="menu-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Building bridges between the European Union and the rest of the world</p> </div> </div> <div class="menu-subsections"> </div> </div> <div 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class="container-xxxl"> <h3 class="section-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-section-name field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Region</div> </h3> <h1 class="node__title"> <h1 class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Western Balkans</h1> </h1> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text-teaser field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span><span>The Western Balkans are at the heart of Europe, geographically surrounded by EU Member States. The EU accession process is at the centre of EU-Western Balkans relations. </span></span></span>As High Representative/Vice-President Kaja Kallas said, “The Western Balkans belong in the European family.”</p> </div> <div class="node__meta"> <div > <i class="e-wall-clock3"></i> 06.02.2025 <span class="meta-separator"></span> <i class="e-profile"></i><a href="/taxonomy/term/400164_en" hreflang="en">Strategic Communications</a> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <section> <div class="container-xxxl"> <div class="row"> <div class="col"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="info-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span><span><span>The EU has close links with the Western Balkans partners, aiming to secure stable, prosperous and well-functioning democratic societies on a steady path towards the EU. </span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span>The cooperation between the EU and the Western Balkans aims at effective political and economic governance, the highest standards of adherence to the rule of law, promoting media freedom and a vibrant civil society. </span></span></span></span><span><span><span>Reforms are key for the European path, but even more importantly, they are crucial for improving how the countries deliver for their citizens and directly benefit them.</span></span></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="toc-container"> <div class="item-list"><h3>On This Page</h3><ul><li><a href="#9519">EU and the Western Balkans</a></li><li><a href="#9674">Common Foreign and Security Policy / Common Security and Defence Policy in the Western Balkans</a></li><li><a href="#9663">Countering disinformation and building societal resilience </a></li><li><a href="#9675">Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina</a></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-in-focus field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <h2 class="module-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">In Focus</div> </h2> <div class="row g-4 paragraph paragraph--type--in-focus paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="col"> <div class="card h-100 text-box paragraph paragraph--type--in-focus-card paragraph--view-mode--default"> <img 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class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Navigate the topic</div> </h4> <nav class="navbar"> <ul class="navbar-nav"> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/eeas/western-balkans_en" class="levelTop is_active" hreflang="en">Western Balkans</a> <nav class="navbar"> <ul class="navbar-nav"> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/eeas/eu-and-western-balkans-towards-common-future_en" class="level2" hreflang="en">The EU and the Western Balkans: towards a common future</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/eeas/common-foreign-and-security-policy-cfsp-common-security-and-defence-policy-csdp-western-balkans_en" class="level2" hreflang="en">Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) / Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in the Western Balkans</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/eeas/eu-support-fighting-covid-19_en" class="level2" hreflang="en">EU support in fighting COVID-19</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a 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and the Western Balkans towards a common future</div> </h2> <h5 class="card-subtitle"></h5> </div> <p class="card-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The EU is fully committed to the EU integration of the Western Balkans. This is a shared strategic objective that unites the whole region and the EU. Accession talks are underway with Albania, Montenegro and Serbia. In March 2020, the Council also agreed to open accession negotiations with North Macedonia and the so-called screening process is underway. In December 2023, the European Council decided it will also open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, now a candidate country, once the necessary degree of compliance with the membership criteria is achieved. Kosovo is a potential candidate for EU membership.</p> <p>All Western Balkans partners have Stabilisation and Association Agreements with the EU, opening up trade and aligning the region with EU standards. The Stabilisation and Association Agreements provide the overall framework for the relations of the EU with the Western Balkans. We cooperate closely to address shared security challenges. The EU also provides political and financial support for the countries of the region to foster good neighbourly relations and build shared prosperity through regional integration. In addition to its strong political support for the Western Balkans and the Berlin Process, the EU supports regional co-operation organisations, to boost economic development, improve connectivity, and enhance security and many other benefits across the region. </p> <p>The prospect of EU membership is an incentive to bring forward reforms in the Western Balkans. Reforms are key for the European path, but more importantly, they are crucial to improve political and economic governance, rule of law, media freedom and conditions for civil society. This is why, on 8 November 2023, the Commission adopted the Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, a mechanism that aims to accelerate the socio-economic convergence of the region with the EU and pave the way to EU membership. Thanks to the Growth Plan, €6 billion have been committed to the reform agendas of the Western Balkan governments.</p> <p class="text-align-right"><strong><u><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d327880b-aa6f-417b-9275-34bf2d29adf8" href="//www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/eu-and-western-balkans-towards-common-future_en">Find out more</a></u></strong></p> </div> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-5" > <div class="card-media"> <div class="medias splide"> <div class="splide__slider"> <div class="splide__track"> <ul class="splide__list"><li class="splide__slide"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media-w-caption paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image-medium-resolution media--view-mode-text-box-media-on-side"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image-2 field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/text_box_image_on_side/public/media/Thematic%201%20The%20EU%20and%20Western%20Balkans%20towards%20a%20common%20future.jpg?h=e5391f88&itok=Mzt8uKTz" width="626" height="540" alt="Stari Most also known as Mostar Bridge" class="img-fluid image-style-text-box-image-on-side" /> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Stari Most (Old Bridge) in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina</p> </div> </div> </li></ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section> <div class="container-xxxl"> <div class="row g-4 align-items-center paragraph paragraph--type--text-box-media-on-side paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="col-md-5"> <div class="card-media"> <div class="medias splide"> <div class="splide__slider"> <div class="splide__track"> <ul class="splide__list"><li class="splide__slide"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media-w-caption paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image-medium-resolution media--view-mode-text-box-media-on-side"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image-2 field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/text_box_image_on_side/public/media/Thematic%202%20CFSP%20CSDP.jpg?h=cdee7913&itok=LsDYVF_D" width="626" height="540" alt="CFSP-CSDP" class="img-fluid image-style-text-box-image-on-side" /> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </li></ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-7"> <div class="field field--name-field-card-wo-image field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="card h-100 text-box paragraph paragraph--type--card-wo-image paragraph--view-mode--default"> <span id="9674"></span> <div class="card-body"> <div class="text-box-header"> <h2 class="card-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Common Foreign and Security Policy / Common Security and Defence Policy in the Western Balkans</div> </h2> <h5 class="card-subtitle"></h5> </div> <p class="card-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span>Cooperation in the area of Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)/Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) is a priority for the European Union and its Western Balkans partners. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>The EU’s <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/communication-credible-enlargement-perspective-western-balkans_en.pdf">Western Balkans Strategy</a>, adopted by the European Commission in 2018, outlines as objectives to expand and deepen</span></span> <span><span>CFSP/CSDP dialogues, increase Western Balkans contributions to EU missions and operations, and further develop cooperation on hybrid threats, intelligence, space issues and defence and security sector reform. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>Cooperation between the EU and Western Balkans within CFSP/CSDP has significantly evolved in the past years. Whilst the EU remains engaged with CSDP missions and operations in the region, Western Balkan partners are themselves also contributing to CSDP missions and operations around the world.</span></span></p> <p class="text-align-right"><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="db373366-7ee3-4380-8c20-82af508d9c4e" href="//www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/common-foreign-and-security-policy-cfsp-common-security-and-defence-policy-csdp-western-balkans_en"><u><strong><span><span>Find out more</span></span></strong></u></a></p> </div> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section> <div class="container-xxxl"> <div class="row g-4 align-items-center paragraph paragraph--type--text-box-media-on-side paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="col-md-5"> <div class="card-media"> <div class="medias splide"> <div class="splide__slider"> <div class="splide__track"> <ul class="splide__list"><li class="splide__slide"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media-w-caption paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image-medium-resolution media--view-mode-text-box-media-on-side"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image-2 field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/text_box_image_on_side/public/media/Thematic%203%20%20Countering%20disinformation%20and%20building%20societal%20resilience.PNG?h=cf9ff775&itok=hR4AERQT" width="626" height="540" alt="Countering disinformation and building societal resilience" class="img-fluid image-style-text-box-image-on-side" /> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span><span>Visual from the EU-Western Balkans Media Literacy Conference</span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </li></ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-7"> <div class="field field--name-field-card-wo-image field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="card h-100 text-box paragraph paragraph--type--card-wo-image paragraph--view-mode--default"> <span id="9663"></span> <div class="card-body"> <div class="text-box-header"> <h2 class="card-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Countering disinformation and building societal resilience </div> </h2> <h5 class="card-subtitle"></h5> </div> <p class="card-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI), including disinformation, are forms of hybrid threats manifesting across the world. The threat is expanding, and a growing number of actors are using an increasing number of tactics. This is a global challenge also affecting the Western Balkans. </p> <p>Dealing with this challenge requires a whole-of-government and a whole-of-society approach, which the EU is supporting across the region.</p> <p>Strengthening partnerships with international and local organizations – on both government and non-government sides – helps build resilience of local populations to disinformation, and increases the capacity of the Western Balkans partners to handle these threats. This work remains crucial for strengthening democracy, for example in relation to protecting the integrity of elections, access to information, and media freedom.</p> <p class="text-align-right"><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0412af23-9624-46c9-87eb-1fea52553dac" href="//www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/countering-disinformation-and-building-societal-resilience_en"><u><strong>Find out more</strong></u></a></p> </div> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section> <div class="container-xxxl"> <div class="row g-4 align-items-center paragraph paragraph--type--text-box-media-on-side paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="col-md-7"> <div class="field field--name-field-card-wo-image field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="card h-100 text-box paragraph paragraph--type--card-wo-image paragraph--view-mode--default"> <span id="9675"></span> <div class="card-body"> <div class="text-box-header"> <h2 class="card-title"> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina</div> </h2> <h5 class="card-subtitle"> <div class="field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">The European Union facilitates the Dialogue on the comprehensive normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.</div> </h5> </div> <p class="card-text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The EU-facilitated Dialogue aims  to achieve a comprehensive legally-binding normalisation agreement between Kosovo and Serbia addressing outstanding issues in order for both Parties to progress on their respective European path, create new opportunities and improve the lives of their citizens. An agreement between the Parties is beneficial also to the security, stability and prosperity of the entire region.</p> <p class="text-align-right"><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="17a68504-e479-4631-8921-cf9221da0379" href="//www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/belgrade-pristina-dialogue_en"><u><strong>Find out more</strong></u></a></p> </div> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-5" > <div class="card-media"> <div class="medias splide"> <div class="splide__slider"> <div class="splide__track"> <ul class="splide__list"><li class="splide__slide"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media-w-caption paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image-medium-resolution media--view-mode-text-box-media-on-side"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image-2 field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/text_box_image_on_side/public/media/Dialogue.jpg?h=91757b16&itok=M6hMMaC_" width="626" height="540" alt="From left to right: Albin KURTI (Prime Minister of Kosovo), Josep BORRELL FONTELLES (High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, EEAS), Miroslav LAJCAK (EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues), Aleksandar VUČIĆ (President of Serbia)" class="img-fluid image-style-text-box-image-on-side" /> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>High-level meeting of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue on normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia (15 June 2021)</p> </div> </div> </li></ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section> <div 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