performance of the Western Balkan countries with Bulgaria and Romania (which became EU Members in 2007) and Croatia (which became … an EU Member in 2013). Our results indicate that all Western Balkan countries have surpassed the level of productivity of … relatively high level (compared to neighbouring countries). These results make the case that advancing the EU accession process …

The imbalance between the costs and benefits of DCFTAs is a call to the EU to display greater thoughtfulness and …

contribution include: national reform programmes that promote innovation, competitiveness, and transparent institutions; a larger … EU budget for European public goods; shadow policies for euro accession by CEE non-euro economies; accession to the …

, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine-it outlines policy …

The EU's enlargement policy with regard to the Western Balkan countries is in tension with the necessary internal …

and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia) for the period 2010-2019 to shed light on the total … brain gain in some Western Balkan countries, namely in Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. The key drivers of this are … Montenegro immigration of highly skilled workers is also important in this context. …

for fostering greater innovation. The EU and Austria can play a valuable role in supporting the industrial policies of the … Western Balkan countries. The EU can provide technical assistance and funding for the implementation of smart specialisation …

Although China has become a major trading partner of the EU, the EU-China relationship has deteriorated over the last … decade. This has been demonstrated, for example, by disputes over trade issues, unequal treatment of EU investors by Beijing …, frictions over the transfer of intellectual property, and human rights violations. The EU's critical dependency on supplies from …