EU Membership Conditionality

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1.What is EU membership conditionality?

1.EU membership conditionality are set of conditions of EU sent to the EU membership,so aspiring states for applying reforms and following policies that are prescribed by the Union .To be a member of the EU states have to respect and commit to follow the democratic principles of EU.At first the country that wants to join EU must realize some of the criteria for accession that were defined at the European Council in Copenhagen .Some of the criteria that we can mention are stable institutions that promises democracy, human rights; a stable market economy with the capability to cope with market forces inside the EU ; capability to take on duties of EU membership including devotion to the goals of political …show more content…

After its independence, the democracy in Macedonia has become stronger. One issue which remains a challenge for the country is the inter-ethnic relations ,because there is no trust between different communities and in order for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to be part of the European Union ,it must be a functional multinational country. The government is committed to the program of democratization that the European Union set for them by maintaining the good relation between different communities according to the ‘Ohrid Framework Agreement’. This agreement however has yet to be fully implemented especially when it comes to the minorities’ rights. On the other hand, even though LGBT are protected by law, the school books still consider homosexuality as an illness. As a conclusion, EU played a big role in bettering the human rights in Macedonia but there are still many issues that Macedonia needs to work on for it to become a democratic country that fully supports human …show more content…

If Serbia would accept Kosovo as an independent country, it would progress several step toward the goal of being part of the European Union or at least it could make Serbia a candidate for membership in the European Union, but instead Republic of Serbia insist that Kosovo return as part of the Serbian territory. For Serbia to be part of the European Union, its government should co-operate with the Kosovo’s government for a final agreement and it should participate in the investigations about the war crimes that the Slobodan Milosevic government did during the genocidal decade, the 1990s, in the Republic of Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This plays a big role but there are many economical standards and also many human rights’ standards that Serbia must fulfill. So far Serbia has two chapters and neither of them is

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