From Thessaloniki to Sofia and Beyond

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Thessaloniki European Council, which for the first time affirmed the membership perspective of the Western Balkans. In May, the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Sofia revamped the EU’s engagement with the region. On June 6th, the IAI brought the matter up again in a conference, in cooperation with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations and the European Fund for the Balkans.