The thesis deals with the development of access conditions for EU membership by comparing the eastern enlargement process and the current process for the states of the Western Balkans. The first chapter outlines the conditions, and major milestones of the eastern enlargement, the second chapter follows the strategy and conditions for the Western Balkans. The third part deals exclusively with the accession process of Croatia and its problem areas. The aim is to find out which form the current conditions for EU membership have and check whether it has tightened since the last enlargement.Bakalářská práce se věnuje vývoji přístupových podmínek pro členství v EU formou porovnání procesu východního rozšíření a aktuálního procesu pro země západní...