The EU’s credibility as a global actor is undermined by its stalled enlargement process

The EU’s enlargement process has stalled over the last decade and there appears little prospect of any of the current candidate states securing accession in the near future. Taulant Hasa writes that a failed EU enlargement agenda would have substantial repercussions for the EU’s credibility as a global actor, particularly given other states such as China are now playing an increasingly prominent role in the Western Balkans.