EU ENLARGEMENT POLICY TOWARDS MACEDONIA AND THE WESTERN BALKANS: BASICS, CHARACTERISTICS AND PERSPECTIVES

Emilija Stefanovska - Davkova, MA PhD Student /Faculty of Law

Abstract: Enlargement of the European Union is an important process, as it needs to have comprehensive economic, security and infrastructural resources.EU understands its weakening and tries to use it through well-thought-out politicians, because it will be activated with the need to interest, activate and activate the entire system for managing the system by managing the countries in their reform during the process of accessing. In this context, this paper aims to address some of the important circumstances, aspects and factors of enlargement policy.
EU, through its political and professional structures, prepares clearly defined criteria for the entry of the Western Balkan countries, it encourages positive changes in these countries, but at the same time it must protect itself, by creating structures that monitor the progress of the these countries towards EU membership and structures that assist the process with expertise.
European countries, the founders of today’s European Union, and the once that entered, realized the need for its enlargement. Enlargement policy has achieved great success thanks to several factors that are elaborated in this paper.
The process is financially supported, through increasing funds, and thus helps all aspiring countries under the most favorable circumstances to infiltrate themselves in the economic system of EU, and while raising their economic capacity, these countries gain knowledge for the EU economic system. The process is long due to the overall complexity of the approach, but it is certain.

Keywords: EU enlargement, Western Balkans, acquis communautaire, economic system, IPA, security.