European Union Proclaimed Harmony and Disharmony of the Western Balkans

Vasić, Nenad and Arnaudov, Mitko (2016) European Union Proclaimed Harmony and Disharmony of the Western Balkans. In: Harmony in Diversity : Collection of Papers from the “Harmony in Diversity” National Conference, Sofia, 09.12.2016. “Za bukvite – O pismeneh” Publishing House, Sofia, pp. 526-539. ISBN ISSN 2367-7899

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Abstract

European Union represents multiethnic, multicultural, religion-neutral, but also an essential multi-confessional, international organization sui generis with international recognition according to international law. Also, the EU represents society of the citizens of its full member-states. In the center of the EU political system is the process of harmoniza- tion with acquis communautaire, as a political and law process with continuity. Regardless of the fact that the decisions in Brussels are achieved through the principle of consensus, opposite to the practice in Strasbourg, after the referendum in the United Kingdom, the open question is whether Brussels will also turn to majority decision principles. Yet one more open question is whether common foreign, defense and security policy will remain common and centralized, or the EU will take new steps that lead toward decentralization, so that foreign defense and security policy will be reoriented to national level. At last, with- out European integration of Western Balkan states, so typical of the EU harmonization in all (its) aspects (from/in any perspective) will not be comprehensive and complete (will be incomprehensive and incomplete (at all).

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