In a week's time the European Commission will publish its strategy on the Western Balkans.
This is a bold new step of the EU, which has ignited both hope and angst in almost all countries of this region which are aspiring to join the EU.
The year 2018 is shaping up to be the year of EU Western Balkan relations.
Apart from the adoption of a Western Balkans Strategy, the Bulgarian EU presidency has made the Western Balkans...
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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.