The EU Integration Process of the Western Balkan Countries

Alessandra Ricciardelli
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Alessandra Ricciardelli: University LUM Jean Monnet

Chapter 3 in The Role of Universities in the Europe 2020 Strategy, 2017, pp 67-101 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract For the Western Balkan countries, the transition from socialism to capitalism and democracy has less easy than in other parts of Emerging Europe. Fifteen years of conflict have been a tremendous burden to carry for the people of the Balkans. But once the war ended and peace returned, these resilient countries and communities did more than rebuild: they began a transformation into market economies, liberalizing prices, privatizing many state and socially-owned enterprises, and building the institutions needed to support a market economy. Then came the challenge of enlargement: to access or not to access the Europe Union? Enlargement of the EU is theoretically possible to any European country that respects democratic principles, operates in the free market and wishes to comply with the previous and existing EU laws by attempting to implement those. However, no matter if the country is European or not, it has to be subject to a political assessment by the EU institutions that would evaluate the level of the country’s adherence to the above conditions.

Keywords: Western Balkan Countries; Socially-owned Enterprises; Resilient Countries; Intangible Capital; Functioning Market Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68006-4_3

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