1.0European Western Balkanshttps://europeanwesternbalkans.comJovana Maričićhttps://europeanwesternbalkans.com/author/jovana-maricic/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="WNoJdZ6zqP"><a href="https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2023/06/20/von-der-leyens-four-pillar-plan-for-the-western-balkans-hints-at-eus-resolve-to-introduce-staged-accession/">Von der Leyen’s four-pillar plan for the Western Balkans hints at EU’s resolve to introduce staged accession</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2023/06/20/von-der-leyens-four-pillar-plan-for-the-western-balkans-hints-at-eus-resolve-to-introduce-staged-accession/embed/#?secret=WNoJdZ6zqP" width="600" height="338" title="“Von der Leyen’s four-pillar plan for the Western Balkans hints at EU’s resolve to introduce staged accession” — European Western Balkans" data-secret="WNoJdZ6zqP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/E_T9nzOXEAIpiU4-scaled.jpg25601702European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently announced a new growth plan for the Western Balkan countries at the GLOBSEC Forum in Bratislava. The plan aims to bring Western Balkans closer to the EU and build on what she labelled as “progress achieved in the recent months”. The plan is built on 4 crucial […]