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Is the EU changing course on migration and enlargement policy?

Berlin Process – 10 years later

The leaders from the Western Balkans together with their European colleagues marked 10 years since the Berlin Process. In the past decade, not a single Balkan country has achieved its goal of becoming part of the European family. We talk with our colleague Aleksandar Metodijev about the future of the Union, the change in the course of migration and enlargement policy, as well as the role of Germany on the continent.

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The challenges before the European Union in the post-covid era

Analysis of the developments in Europe in the face of military conflicts, economic problems and social post-covid consolidation.

The Ervopeum forum, which was organized by the Institute for European Politics, gave an overview of the current situation with the mechanisms for the rule of law in the EU and the mechanism for the growth of the union, within which the progress of many aspirants on the way to the EU was considered when it comes to governance of law.

Such events have for the overall promotion of the reforms that even more candidates can undertake before the membership, making the forces candidates for implementing reforms with the aim of Europeanizing the social-institutional environment in these countries.

The road to the Union is paved with the successfully implemented reform, but is Macedonia on the road to the EU?

Can Macedonia defeat corruption, which is the main problem of the state when it comes to Europeanization?

How to free the judiciary from the chain of political and business entrapment - Laws are in powers, but how are they implemented?

Watch the new edition of Labyrinth and find out what's next in the battle for EU membership, where Macedonia is on the map and will the right path to integration emerge? Our guest in this issue is Beba Žagar from the Institute for European Politics.

Old parliamentary majority – tectonic changes in some member states after the Union elections

Analysis with Andreja Stojkovski: the European elections and Macedonian bilateral relations with the neighbors

The European elections ended without a change in the parliamentary majority, but with an increase in the number of far-right MPs. The composition of the European Parliament may not undergo major changes, but changes are taking place in the domestic politics of member states with great political influence. What this will mean for the Union and its individual policies in the future, we analyze with Andreja Stojkovski from the Prespa Institute. The enlargement policy, the green agenda, as well as the Common Foreign and Security Policy are some of the topics we discussed. We also analyzed our strained relations with our neighbors and the expectations from the future Macedonian Government when it comes to bilateral agreements with the neighbors.

EU residents vote for their future - the Balkans remain in the waiting list

What course will the new political setup in the EU take?

Macedonia's neighbors are again using the country for internal political purposes, the European Union is in an election process that has greatly divided the residents of the Union, even greater challenges await the new European set-up, military hotspots are still part of the world - we talk about these topics in Labyrinth with the political scientist Viktor Jakimovski.

Europe's fragile security put to test

Analysis with Ivo Rangelović

Jessen: The exhaustion from the two-year war is visible – the lack of weapons is the reason for the loss of Avdiivka

Interview with the war reporter Jan Jessen

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