In einem herausfordernden geoökonomischen Umfeld muss die EU handlungsfähig bleiben. Daher haben Deutschland und Frankreich neue Handelsinstrumente ins Spiel gebracht.
Both Brussels and Berlin must prepare to play a bigger role in the future of a country that remains a key node of regional stability and European security.
As local actors pursue ad hoc alliances and engage in transactional foreign policy, thus changing the logic of interaction, Germany and the EU will need to pay strategic attention to the Western Balkans.