ONLY a few years ago, politicians in the European Union, and in the poor and war-ravaged countries in the continent’s south-east, felt that between them they were creating a virtuous circle. With EU help, poor Balkan lands would improve their governance and streamline their economies; in due course they would be rewarded with EU entry. Thanks to all that, people in poor places would have less reason to move to Europe’s rich north; in various ways, the EU was coming to them.
Now that virtuous circle, if it ever really existed, is badly frayed. People from the Balkans are once again …read more
Source: The Economist
