The Western Balkans have had a unique and complex negotiation process with the European Union. Montenegro and Serbia are two countries whose negotiation process has been most successful. This comparative case study wants to examine which rewards and warnings the Union has used on the countries and identify which similarities and differences inapplication there are. What the study further wants is to explain how the structure can help in understanding of the negotiation process. The study uses Gateva's stage structured conditionality model as an analysis tool to answer the study's questions. The result shows that the EU used similar rewards and warnings on Montenegro and Serbia and that the biggest difference is that the Union financially sanctioned Serbia more often. It is clear that the Union used the structure to varying degrees and that it comes as a result of countries meeting slightly different conditions. This may explain the differences in the negotiation process.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-59941 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Ivana, Andric |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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