EXTERNAL ACTION / Western balkans

EU27 leaders call for “acceleration of accession process, based upon credible reforms” by their Western Balkan counterparts

Brussels, 13/12/2023 (Agence Europe)

On the evening of Wednesday 13 December, the Heads of State or Government of the EU Member States and their counterparts from the six countries of the Western Balkans signed the Brussels Declaration, calling for “the acceleration of accession process, based upon credible reforms” by the countries of the region.

As we wrote on Tuesday 12 December (see EUROPE B13312A2), this new declaration takes up most of the points of the Tirana declaration signed in 2022 (see EUROPE B13078A1),...