Analysis of public opinion on North Macedonia’s accession to the European Union (2014-2023)
Analysis of public opinion on North Macedonia’s accession to the European Union (2014-2023)
EU integrations in the shadow of the internal processes – Public opinion analysis for 2023
EU integrations in the shadow of the internal processes – Public opinion analysis for 2023
Fostering resilience in the Western Balkans: Opportunities and Challenges
This paper analyses the drivers of fragility and resilience¹ against the backdrop of the region’s European and Euro Atlantic integration. The latter is of immense importance as efforts to speed up Western Balkans’ EU and NATO membership prospects gained momentum in the last few years. However, these efforts were anything but flawless, facing formidable hurdles […]
Malign Influence in the Western Balkans
This paper explores the methods through which malign influence is employed and how it shapes the contemporary political landscape in the region. Additionally, it examines the strategies the European Union currently utilizes and might employ in the future to counteract this influence. In particular, the paper provides an indepth understanding of the region's intricate geopolitical [...] EU accession process and regional cooperation discussed at Think Balkan’s study visit in Tirana
Institute for Democracy (IDSCS) together with Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) organised a study visit in Tirana from 3-5 April, 2023 as part of the project Advancing regional cooperation and EU integration through the Think Balkan initiative. The purpose of this visit was to initiate discussion on the progress and challenges of the EU [...] Reaction: The ratification of the agreements from the Berlin process, which the citizens evaluate as very beneficial, must be accelerated
Advancing regional cooperation in the Western Balkans is one of the priority paths towards common progress and integration in the European Union. The Berlin process is one of the key signposts on that path. Last November, the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia together with the Governments of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, […]
Europe in crisis. The impact on the public opinion in North Macedonia
Two-thirds of the respondents (65%) do not agree with the constitutional changes necessary for completing of the phase for start of the accession. Firm majority of 80% of ethic Macedonians are against Constitutional amendments. The majority of respondents (53%) identified as ethnic Albanians support these changes. The respondents are divided on the opinion that ″the […]
Analysis of public opinion on North Macedonia’s accession to the European Union (2014-2022)
The developments in 2022 in the Macedonian accession process have had a slight negative effect on public support for EU membership. In 2022, 64% of the population would vote positively for North Macedonia’s membership in the EU, equaling the results from 2019, which has had the lowest values for positive support in the longitudinal dataset. […]
External Differentiated Integration in Justice and Home Affairs: Participation of the Western Balkan Countries in EU Agencies
Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) policies, and especially migration and border management, have been on the forefront of deepening relations between the European Union and the countries of the Western Balkans. The recent events caused by the migration and asylum governance crisis in 2015/16 have clearly shown that EU problem-solving outputs in migration management have […]