EU–Western Balkans summit: new energy and new dynamics in the enlargement process – will Tivat become a new turning point in European enlargement?

The International Institute IFIMES considers that a time-sensitive political window of opportunity has now opened and must not be missed. If it closes, the region could once again enter a cycle of prolonged instability, institutional weakness and geopolitical fragmentation, with the risk of a long-term drift away from its European perspective and strategic integration into the European Union.