Progress towards meeting the economic criteria for EU accession : the EU Commission's 2024 assessments

In this Institutional Paper the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs brings together into a single document the economic chapters of the European Commission's country reports for the ten enlargement countries Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine. The annual country reports assess progress achieved in advancing the necessary political and economic reforms as well as the legal transformation in line with the EU accession criteria. The European Commission adopted the country reports on 30 October 2024 as part of its 2024 Enlargement Package. The purpose of this Institutional Paper is to facilitate the work of those scholars, researchers and analysts who are mainly interested in the economic aspects of the enlargement process. As such, it represents only a part of the overall progress made by the enlargement countries towards meeting the accession criteria. A proper full-fledged assessment of progress made under all examined aspects can be found in the 2024 reports, i.e. the Commission staff working documents for each of the countries.