Academicus International Scientific Journal

Title:
The Maastricht Treaty and the accession of the Western Balkans.
Reflections at its 30th anniversary over the coherence in the EU integration processes.  

Author(s):
Prof.Dr. Arta Musaraj
editor@academicus.edu.al
CEO, ETC - Entrepreneturship Training Center, Albania
0000-0003-2475-1872

Abstract:

At its 30th anniversary, the Maastricht Treaty remains a milestone in the history and practice of the European Union. This referring to the adhesion process, since the set of conditions that a country must accomplish have been settled and derived by the treaty, but also for the fact that now, after 20 years of entering in force, the Euro, the Union currency, has performed and faced different consecutive challenges, thus becoming observable concerning it effects and role, and as a consequence, its theoretical and practical validity.

But there is yet a vast area, in the center of Europe, that is still dragging on its calvary of adhesion, that of the Western Balkans. At this point, considering the processes that the countries of this area have been going through, by pursuing the adhesion path, the analysis of the dominating factors that have determined the trajectory of their EU membership, becomes essential.

The paper questions and analyses the validity of the Maastricht Treaty and subsequent criteria for the adhesion of the Western Balkan countries, as well as highlights on the ‘ad-hoc’ criteria and evaluations often applied during the process and their consequences in terms of the attitudes of the Balkan populations and their determination toward the EU and the Western Balkans adhesion.


Keywords:
Maastricht Treaty; Western Balkans; Eu adhesion; EU enlargement; economic structure; economic and political reforms of WB countries

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Presented: September 2022
Included for Publishing: December 2022
Published: January 2023, Volume 14, Issue 27

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