The View from Gellért Hill 2022/1: EU enlargement in the Western Balkans

Kilátás

In the latest episode of the View from Gellért Hill we discussed some of the Western European countries' perspectives towards the EU enlargement in the Western Balkans. We touched upon issues such as the motives behind the dominantly critical public perception existing in some of the Western European Member States, the possible effects of Russia's war in Ukraine on the enlargement process, and why the West is suffering under a negative PR image in the region. In this quest Stefano Bianchini, professor at the University of Bologna, Alexis Troude, researcher of the Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University and Wouter Zweers, research fellow of the Clingendael Institute responded to our questions, the discussion was moderated by Tamás Levente Molnár, IFAT's research fellow. A related study published by IFAT "Western Balkans Playbook: Competition for Influence of Foreign Actors" is available here (https://kki.hu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Western-Balkan-Playbook_full_web.pdf). The View from Gellért Hill ("Kilátás a hegyről") is the podcast series of the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade. The file features a part from the song entitled "Something Elated" from the brand Broke for Free (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_Fo%E2%80%A6ething_Elated). Source of the image: http://www.comece.eu/comece-contribution-in-view-of-the-eu-western-balkans-summit/