Bringing the V4’s Commitment to the Western Balkans into Action

Coordination Will Make the Journey to the EU Easier

17 February 2021

Asya Metodieva

Visegrad Insight Fellow

As the Czech EU Council Presidency in 2022 is approaching, it is likely that the V4 countries will coordinate their stance towards the Western Balkans. So far, they have been generally supportive of EU enlargement, but they differ in their approaches to the region.

The recent dispute between Bulgaria and North Macedonia has brought the EU integration of the Western Balkans back on the political agenda. The opinion of the Central European countries on this matter is important, as they have been supportive of the EU accession of the Western Balkans while seeking to influence political and economic dynamics in the region.

The EU Council Presidency is soon going to be in Central Europe because Czechia is taking over in the second part of 2022. What does this mean for the potential enlargement of the EU and the integration of the Western Balkans?

Bulgaria’s block against North Macedonia’s EU accession

Knowing the image of Poland and Hungary as breaking the rule of law, it is a question whether their political support is doing any good to the EU prospects of the Western Balkans.

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Asya Metodieva

Visegrad Insight Fellow

Visegrad Insight Fellow. Asya Metodieva is a researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague. She successfully defended her PhD at the Central European University (CEU), Vienna. Her research focuses on radical movements, polarization and information warfare with a focus on the Balkans and more generally Southeast Europe. She holds an MA in Public Policy from CEU and in International Relations and Security Studies from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. In 2019 she was a visiting PhD Candidate at the University of Oxford. She held the 2018 Sotirov Fellowship at LSE IDEAS and 2018 Re-think CEE Fellowship of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

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