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EU enlargement policy appears to have reached a deadlock. Following years of stagnation and relative neglect, the European Commission's attempts in 2018 to reinvigorate the EU's engagement with the Western Balkans and to provide a credible enlargement perspective to the region have been thwarted by a lack of commitment on the part of (some) EU member states.The October 2019 European Council decision to once again postpone the opening of accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia is but the latest in a long series of delays in the enlargement process over the past years. This latest stunt has left the region reeling, with local leaders alternately endorsing a rapprochement with Russia and China or calling for snap elections to confirm their countries' European path.The new BiEPAG brief which was presented during the policy event in European Policy Centre on November 14, offers recommendations on:Overcoming the enlargement deadlock: An action plan for the incoming EU Leadership

EU enlargement policy appears to have reached a deadlock. Following years of stagnation and relative neglect, the European Commission's attempts in 2018 to reinvigorate the EU's engagement with the Western Balkans and to provide a credible enlargement perspective to the region have been thwarted by a lack of commitment on the part of (some) EU member states.The October 2019 European Council decision to once again postpone the opening of accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia is but the latest in a long series of delays in the enlargement process over the past years. This latest stunt has left the region reeling, with local leaders alternately endorsing a rapprochement with Russia and China or calling for snap elections to confirm their countries' European path.The new BiEPAG brief which was presented during the policy event in European Policy Centre on November 14, offers recommendations on:Overcoming the enlargement deadlock: An action plan for the incoming EU Leadership

El pasado 14 de octubre de 2019 se llevó a cabo el primer diálogo de la Iniciativa de Diálogos de Think Tanks México-Unión Europea, organizada por la Delegación de la Unión Europea en México y cuyo objetivo es propiciar un espacio de debate sobre algunos de los temas de actualidad en ambas regiones. El primer diálogo abordó los desafíos modernos a la democracia tanto en la Unión Europea como en América Latina y se dividió en dos paneles temáticos. El primero, titulado "El estado actual de las democracias en América Latina y la Unión Europea", contó con la participación de Héctor Sánchez Margalef (Centro de Estudios y Documentación Internacionales de Barcelona, CIDOB), Alexandra Zapata (Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad, IMCO), Raúl Benítez (Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad con Democracia, CASEDE), Guadalupe González (Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales, COMEXI) y Corina Stratulat (European Policy Centre); moderó Henio Hoyo (CIDE). En el segundo panel titulado "Recobrar la legitimidad y la confianza ciudadana: el camino por delante para las democracias" participaron Alejandro Alday (Instituto Matías Romero), Steven Blockmans (Centre for European Policy Studies, CEPS), Wojciech Bialozyt (WiseEuropa Institute) e Isaak Pacheco (Ethos Laboratorio de Políticas Públicas); moderó Jean François Prud'homme (El Colegio de México). El contenido de este documento no puede ser considerado como la postura oficial de la Unión Europea o sus Estaods Miembros.