EXTERNAL ACTION / Western balkans

EU support for Rule of law has little impact on fundamental reforms, says European Court of Auditors

Brussels, 10/01/2022 (Agence Europe)

The European Court of Auditors found, in a special report published on Monday 10 January, that EU measures have had little impact on advancing fundamental Rule of law reforms in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia).

Between 2014 and 2020, EU financial support amounted to approximately €700 million. In its report, the Court of Auditors looks at four major elements of the Rule of law: justice, the fight against corruption, the...