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

AbstractEnlargement of the European Union is an important process, as it needs to havecomprehensive economic, security and infrastructural resources.EU understands its weakeningand tries to use it through well-thought-out politicians, because it will be activated with theneed to interest, activate and activate the entire system for managing the system by managingthe countries in their reform during the process of accessing. In this context, this paper aimsto address some of the important circumstances, aspects and factors of enlargement policy.EU, through its political and professional structures, prepares clearly defined criteria forthe 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 progressof the these countries towards EU membership and structures that assist the process withexpertise.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 thanksto several factors that are elaborated in this paper.The process is financially supported, through increasing funds, and thus helps all aspiringcountries under the most favorable circumstances to infiltrate themselves in the economicsystem of EU, and while raising their economic capacity, these countries gain knowledge forthe EU economic system. The process is long due to the overall complexity of the approach,but it is certain