Meeting of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-Up Committee - Related Opinions

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Enhancing the accession process - A credible EU perspective for the Western Balkans

Adopted on 24/03/2021
Reference: 
REX/533-EESC-2020-05956
Referral: 
COM(2020) 57 final COM(2020) 641 final COM(2020) 641 final COM(2020) 660 final COM(2020) 660 final
Rapporteur: 
Andrej ZORKO (Workers - GR II / Slovenia)
Co-rapporteur: 
Ionuţ SIBIAN (Diversity Europe - GR III/Romania)

Key points

  • The EESC welcomes the Commission's communications adopted in 2020 in connection with the enlargement of the EU to the Western Balkans and agrees that integrating the Western Balkan partners into the EU represents a geostrategic investment in the peace, stability, security and economic growth of the entire continent. The Western Balkans are an integral part of Europe and a geostrategic priority for the EU.
  • The EESC welcomes the European Green Deal, which includes specific objectives for the Western Balkans, as well as the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans accompanying the Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans.

EESC opinion: Enhancing the accession process - A credible EU perspective for the Western Balkans

Contribution of civil society to the Green Agenda and sustainable development of the Western Balkans as part of the EU accession process (own-initiative opinion)

Adopted on 18/09/2020
Reference: 
REX/528-EESC-2020
Rapporteur: 
Dragica MARTINOVIĆ DŽAMONJA (Employers - GR I / Croatia)
Co-rapporteur: 
Pierre Jean COULON (Workers - GR II/France)

On 5 February 2020, the European Commission published its Communication Enhancing the accession process – A credible EU perspective for the Western Balkans, proposing a new methodology for candidate countries of the Western Balkans with the objective to render the accession process more coherent, respond to concerns of certain Member States expressed in October 2019 and enable the enlargement process to continue.

EESC opinion: Contribution of civil society to the Green Agenda and sustainable development of the Western Balkans as part of the EU accession process (own-initiative opinion)

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