The just-concluded meeting of the European Council acknowledged the progress made by both Serbia and Kosovo, with the Serbs being given a (somewhat conditional) start date for accession negotiations and Kosovo to begin a “pre-screening” process. The EU bet here is that, on the back of Croatia’s accession, the enlargement logjam in the western Balkans will finally be broken.
刚刚结束的欧盟理事会承认了塞尔维也和科索沃所取得的进步，塞尔维亚获得了开始（带一定条件的）入盟谈判的机会，科索沃则进入了“与筛选”程序。欧盟的打算是，有了克罗地亚入盟的先例，欧盟在西巴尔干的扩张僵局将最终取得突破。