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Stable population movements as a factor of economic stabilization and integration of the Western Balkans into the European Union
Grecic, Vladimir |
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| This paper investigates various issues related to population movement in the Western Balkans as a factor influencing all aspects of regional integration including trade and direct foreign investments. Regional integration is today a universal process that encompasses not only the formation of trade arrangements and security alliances, but also numerous fields of economic and social life, political structure, internal security, the protection of national resources, culture, etc. What is involved, therefore, is a complex and multidimensional process of linkage in a region, which is not relevant only for relations among states and national administrations but also for many other social factors, such as representatives of the business world, the civil society, other factors. The paper proposes to build on existing initiatives of the Stability Pact and the EU, as well as to develop a regional initiative to manage and stabilize population movements in the Western Balkan countries, as a support of overall economic integration into the European Union. |
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