Croatia’s accession to the EU on July 1 provides a welcome boost to a region that has been placed on the back burner as a result of “enlargement fatigue” and the EU’s crisis-induced introspection. Enlargement advocates also point to the deal signed by Kosovo and Serbia in April as another key development in unlocking the Balkans’ European future.
克罗地亚7月1日被吸纳而欧盟成员国对该地区来说试一次值得欢迎的提振，该地区一直因“扩张疲劳”和危机所导致的欧盟反省而沦为次等地区。扩张支持者还指出，4月份科索沃和塞尔维亚所签订的协议是解放巴尔干的欧洲未来的又一关键发展。