On Wednesday 6 March, Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) agreed on the EU Council’s negotiating mandate for the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans.
This Facility, presented on 8 November 2023 by the European Commission (see EUROPE B13288A2), should help the countries of the Western Balkans to undertake a comprehensive set of reforms, support their process of accession to the EU and accelerate their economic convergence with the EU. Covering the period...