EU's role on the Western Balkan Democratization

Abstract

This article overviews democratization process of the Western Balkancountries by the assistance of the EU. Democratization firstly should be developed in the region by the domestic willingness and later by the external assistance. The EU's vision toward the future of the Western Balkans isaccepting the region's countries to the EU, after completing their democratizations by using Stabilization and Association Agreements as acarrot. This external assistance has developed South East European countriesdemocracies like Bulgaria, and it is still working in the region like Macedonia. Democratic developments are very beneficial for the region and also for the EU on her target of encompassing the continent.