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After Albania resolved its bilateral disputes, the fight against corruption is the last step towards the EU

The arrest of the ex-President Meta, the migrant camps and the EU path of Albania in the focus of this Labyrinth.

Albania started a fierce fight against corruption - this is how Albanian citizens see the arrest of the former President, Ilir Meta. With colleague Arber Hitaj from Report TV from Tirana, we discuss the arrest and trust in the Special Prosecutor's Office. Topics of conversation were the migrant camp, as well as European integration, that is, the unblocked road for Albania and the Balkan tour of the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, which started right from Tirana.

After Tirana, Von der Leyen visited Skopje. From the Government, she assured the citizens that expansion remains the focus of the European agenda. Neither the President Von der Leyen, nor Prime Minister Mickoski gave a concrete answer to the question of whether the proposal for delayed implementation of the possible constitutional amendments is acceptable to the EU.

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.

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