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Event
30 Nov 2011

Balkans scorecard: Assessing the region

Friends of Europe

FEATURINGŠtefan Füle, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood PolicyTanja Fajon MEP, Vice Chair of the European Parliament Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee and Rapporteur on Visa Liberalisation for the Western BalkansDrago Kos, President of the Council of Europe’s Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO)09.30 -11.00 SESSION I20 YEARS ON, WHO’S SCORING WELL IN POLITICS AND BUSINESS? In the two decades since federal Yugoslavia’s formal dissolution, how well have the countries it once grouped fared in terms of their democratic progress? And how significant are the signs that of late they have been cooperating more closely? (...)11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break11.30-13.00 SESSION IIIS THE EU STILL EAGER FOR MORE ENLARGEMENT?Europe’s “Big Bang” enlargement during 2004-6 brought in 10 new members, and now Croatia is set to raise the EU total to 28 in mid-2013. But is the Union’s appetite for western Balkan members still as keen as ever, or have Greece’s economic woes sparking the eurozone debt crisis begun to sour that enthusiasm? (...)13.00 - 14.00 Networking lunch14.30 - 14.45 KEYNOTE ADDRESS   Štefan Füle, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy14.45 - 16.00 SESSION III  ARE POST-CONFLICT POLITICS IN THE BALKANS NOW “NORMAL”? More than a decade of post-conflict development has done much to transform the western Balkans and instil a greater sense of progress and tolerance. Yet the spectre of corruption in officialdom and of organised crime continues to subvert the drive towards properly democratic government. How successful are current efforts to tackle the culture of criminality common to so many western Balkan countries? (...) 16.00 End of summit

When

30 Nov 2011 @ 09:00 am

30 Nov 2011 @ 04:00 pm

Duration: 7 hours


Where

Bibliothèque Solvay

Rue Belliard 137

Brussels

Belgium


Language

English en


Organised by

Friends of Europe

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