Joining the club – or not? Balkan states seek a 'European perspective'

Today we’re looking outside of the European Union to a region that's experienced war, major political upheaval and economic change in the last 30 years: the Western Balkans. We're talking about Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. One of these countries - Croatia - is already a European Union member; the others are all at various stages of trying to join. There’s been a knockback, though: Albania and North Macedonia had been expecting to get the green light for the formal accession process to begin in 2019 but have been told they'll have to wait.

Subscribe to France 24 now:
http://f24.my/youtubeEN

FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7
http://f24.my/YTliveEN

Visit our website:
http://www.france24.com

Subscribe to our YouTube channel:
http://f24.my/youtubeEN

Like us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English

Follow us on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/France24_en

Видео Joining the club – or not? Balkan states seek a 'European perspective' канала FRANCE 24 English