Yiannis Karamitsios

Challenges and the Role of European Federalism The Western Balkans, comprising Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Kosovo have been on the EU’s enlargement agenda since the 2003 Thessaloniki Summit, which set integration as a priority. The accession process is merit-based, governed by the “Copenhagen Criteria”. These require candidate countries to demonstrate stable democratic institutions, a functioning market economy, and alignment with EU legislation...