Balkans, the path to Brussels

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Publication Date 2010
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Whether as candidates or on the way to being so, the Balkan states of Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo, are all actively seeking membership of the European Union. Although they have initiated a process of political and economic reform, the path to membership is far from smooth and strewn with obstacles - notably lingering corruption, inward-looking nationalist tendencies, and Brussels' reluctance to commit.

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