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European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR)

European Partnerships

European Commission - Enlargement - European Partnerships

European partnerships are instruments of the Stabilisation and Association process* and lay down the principles, priorities and conditions of the relations between the EU and Western Balkan potential candidate countries and serve to prepare them for European integration. They aim at promoting stability in the Western Balkan region while bringing it closer to EU standards through alignment with the acquis*.
For more details, see the following sections on our website: