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Will the new EU enlargement methodology facilitate the Balkans accession to the EU? | A debrief with Pierre Mirel
23 minutes Posted Jul 26, 2022 at 8:40 pm.
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The start of membership talks with Albania and North Macedonia marked a milestone in the EU enlargement process in the Western Balkans after many years of disappointment.   In this episode of #BalkansDebrief, Ilva Tare speaks with Pierre Mirel, Honorary Director General of the European Commission, on the impact of the new EU methodology in the accession talks. Has the EU's credibility been restored? Will the reversibility of the enlargement process work in practice? What is the staged accession approach, proposed by Mirel?