berlin process

Serbia external relations briefing: Berlin Process vs. Open Balkan Initiative: (EU)compatible or not

Summary In 2003, the European Union made a promise of accession to the Western Balkan region. Twenty years after, it hasn’t been fulfilled yet. The failed rapprochement of the Western Balkan countries with Brussels has been replaced by more and more rounds of meetings. An example of this is the annual “Berlin Process” EU-Western Balkan summits held since 2014. In the meantime, while waiting to join the EU, Balkan countries, at least three of them, organized themselves in cooperation model…