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100			_914360 _aLilyanova, Velina
245			_a2016 Enlargement package _h[Recurso electrónico] PDF _b: Prospects for the Western Balkans
260			_bEuropean Parliamentary Research Service _cJanuary 2017
300			_a8 p. _fRecurso online
490			_aBriefing
520			_aIn November 2016, the European Commission presented its annual enlargement package, consisting of a communication that takes stock of the implementation of the 2015 multiannual strategy and a set of reports on the Western Balkan countries and on Turkey in their capacity of candidates or potential candidates for EU membership. Since 2015, the Commission has been applying a new reporting methodology aimed at enhanced transparency and comparability among the aspirant countries. In 2016, it shifted the timeframe for publishing the next enlargement package from the autumn of 2017 to the spring of 2018, to better align it with the release of the economic reform programmes and the increased focus on economic governance. In 2016, the Commission continued prioritising complex and long-term reforms as part of its 'fundamentals first' approach. Its main message was that enlargement policy continued to deliver results and promote reforms, albeit slowly and unevenly. The EU's reconfirmed commitment to the Western Balkan countries' accession processes was duly reflected in the Slovak Presidency programme, which stressed the importance of enlargement policy for the EU's own political and economic stability. Amidst a host of increasing complexities and declining public support, concerns have been raised that enlargement policy might be side-lined. Thus, while the EU needs to keep up momentum, a significant part of the responsibility rests with the countries themselves. The region needs political will to keep reforms on the agenda and deliver results. In this context, regional cooperation and good neighbourly relations are once again brought to the fore as an indispensable means of re-energising common reform priorities and maximising the benefits for the region.
650	0	0	_99946 _aEconomía política
650		0	_91851 _aRelaciones Internacionales
650		0	_91183 _aProspectiva
651		0	_92052 _aPaíses balcánicos
651		0	_91539 _aTurquía
710			_912899 _aParlamento Europeo _bServicio de Investigación Parlamentario Europeo
856	4		_uhttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2017/595919/EPRS_BRI(2017)595919_EN.pdf _y *DESCARGAR PDF*
942			_2udc _cINF _kBoletín UE _mEnero 2017
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