In the EU’s waiting room: good neighborhood conditionallity for Kosovo and Serbia on their integration process
Session
Law
Description
The EU facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, popularly known as the Brussels negotiations, undoubtedly represents one of the most important contemporary political processes in the Western Balkans. First, it represents an attempt to normalize relations between Serbia and Kosovo and find a solution to a long-standing dispute over the status of Kosovo, which in itself represents probably one of the major territorial disputes in Europe today. Second, it aims to advance the European integration process of the Western Balkans by resolving disputes that have blocked this process for a significant amount of time and to allow Serbia and Kosovo to move forward with their European integration agendas. However, almost seven years since the dialogue officially started, a limited progress have been accomplished. In fact, the implementation of agreements reached in Brussels is the most problematic issue so far, which has characterized the whole process. This paper intends to address two main questions in this regard: is the dialogue helping Kosovo and Serbia in their European integration agendas; and is this process conditioned in one way or another by the legal instruments of EU? Moreover, by analyzing EU legal framework and accession instruments, this paper will provide with an explanation whether the Brussels dialogue is legally binding for both states aiming to become members of EU. In the end, the paper will conclude that conditionality is a tool which EU uses in regular basis to keep potential candidate states for accession on the right track of their EU integration process.
Keywords:
Kosovo, Serbia, dialogue, EU, implementation, conditionality, accession
Session Chair
Artana Tahiri
Session Co-Chair
Ramiz Fazliu
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-54-7
Location
Durres, Albania
Start Date
28-10-2017 11:00 AM
End Date
28-10-2017 12:30 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2017.227
Recommended Citation
Murati, Artan, "In the EU’s waiting room: good neighborhood conditionallity for Kosovo and Serbia on their integration process" (2017). UBT International Conference. 227.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2017/all-events/227
In the EU’s waiting room: good neighborhood conditionallity for Kosovo and Serbia on their integration process
Durres, Albania
The EU facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, popularly known as the Brussels negotiations, undoubtedly represents one of the most important contemporary political processes in the Western Balkans. First, it represents an attempt to normalize relations between Serbia and Kosovo and find a solution to a long-standing dispute over the status of Kosovo, which in itself represents probably one of the major territorial disputes in Europe today. Second, it aims to advance the European integration process of the Western Balkans by resolving disputes that have blocked this process for a significant amount of time and to allow Serbia and Kosovo to move forward with their European integration agendas. However, almost seven years since the dialogue officially started, a limited progress have been accomplished. In fact, the implementation of agreements reached in Brussels is the most problematic issue so far, which has characterized the whole process. This paper intends to address two main questions in this regard: is the dialogue helping Kosovo and Serbia in their European integration agendas; and is this process conditioned in one way or another by the legal instruments of EU? Moreover, by analyzing EU legal framework and accession instruments, this paper will provide with an explanation whether the Brussels dialogue is legally binding for both states aiming to become members of EU. In the end, the paper will conclude that conditionality is a tool which EU uses in regular basis to keep potential candidate states for accession on the right track of their EU integration process.