In what 🇧🇪 Minister Hadja Lahbib described as a glimpse of the future EU discussions, 37 ministers of member states and aspiring countries attended an informal Council meeting today.

They discussed the rule of law within the enlargement process:
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During today’s final plenary sitting of the 2019-2024 European Parliament, the European Commission presented its Communication on pre-enlargement reforms and policy reviews.
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During 2023, scientists from 🇷🇸 participated in a total of 14 projects under the auspices of the NATO Science for Peace and Security, while the scientists from 🇲🇰 are currently engaged in 6 projects.
🇧🇦 is taking part in 3, and 🇲🇪 in 2 projects.
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Last year, the European Commission proposed a Growth Plan for the Western Balkans amounting to €6 billion for the period from 2024-2027.

The proposal, with amendments, was adopted today by the European Parliament 👇
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[INTERVIEW] 🇩🇪 Special Representative for the Western Balkans Manuel Sarrazin talked to our portal about:

🔹Kosovo's membership in the CoE
🔹Draft UN Resolution on Srebrenica genocide
🔹Germany's relations with Serbia

And more 👇
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European Parliament has adopted a regulation exempting the holders of passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate who reside in Kosovo from visa requirement 👇
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The proposed act mentions that corruption remains a problem in the Western Balkans and one of the biggest obstacles to the economic and political development of the region.
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.PACE voted yesterday to recommend that Kosovo be invited to join Council of Europe.

The Committee of Ministers will make the final decision. The next meeting is scheduled for 16 and 17 May, though its agenda has not been announced yet.
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New EU Ambassadors to 🇧🇦🇽🇰🇲🇪🇲🇰 have been nominated.

Miroslav Lajčák has also been nominated as EU Ambassador to 🇨🇭, after his term as Special Representative ends.
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The Committee of the Permanent Representatives (COREPER) agreed on amending Chapter 35 with #Serbia to include the obligations arising from the 2023 Brussels/Ohrid agreement 👇
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Katnić and Lazović were detained on suspicion of committing criminal offenses of forming a criminal organization abuse of official capacity.
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[ANALYSIS] How will Stoltenberg's successor be elected and what challenges await them? #NATO 👇
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Serbia faced the strongest decline among all 29 countries covered within the report, scores of Montenegro, North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina also declined, while Albania and Kosovo’s democracy scores remained the same as last year’s.
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[INTERVIEW] 'By addressing the most complex and politically sensitive issues, 🇲🇪 has sent a clear message that it is committed to🇪🇺integration with all its professional and political capacities', says Maida Gorčević, Minister of European Affairs. ME4EU
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[INTERVIEW] What has happened with the EU’s thinking on #enlargement since the start of the war in Ukraine and, more specifically, since last year's 🇫🇷-🇩🇪 report, which she co-authored?

We asked Daniela Schwarzer, executive board member
@bertelsmannST 👇
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The provisional agreement will now need to be endorsed by the Council and Parliament with a view to formal adoption by both institutions following legal-linguistic revision. 👇
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