Corina Stratulat on Albania and the EU: Paralysis or Progress?
Channel: IIEA
Date: 26/06/2012

About the Speech:

Albania is one of the least developed countries in the Balkans but is a significant player for the future of South-East Europe. With a young and growing population, and large ethnic Albanian populations in neighbouring states, what happens in Albania has direct implications for wider regional stability. Albania has moved from being one of the most isolated countries in the world to a potential member of the European Union. Political instability has damaged Albania's path to EU integration in the past year and, with elections looming, Corina Stratulat will discuss the narrow window of opportunity to consolidate stability, democracy and Albania's advance towards EU membership.

About the Speaker:

Corina Stratulat is a policy analyst at the European Policy Centre in Brussels, where she is responsible for the EU Politics and Governance Forum and the Balkans Forum. She is the co-author of Opportunity Knocks: can the EU help Albania to help itself? (March 2012), Enlargement to the Balkans: one step forward, two steps back (December 2011) and The democratic transformation of the Balkans (November 2011).