Rule of law is key to stronger Western Balkans, experts say at AIIS co-hosted workshop

TIRANA, Oct. 2 – Strengthening rule of law is essential for Western Balkan countries to accelerate their EU accession process, make their economies grow faster by attracting more FDI and create more employment opportunities to reduce current high levels of unemployment and brain drain, international experts said last weekend at a Tirana workshop co-organized by the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS), one of the country’s top think tanks. “The current levels of rule of law in the Western Balkans are no longer a threat to security. However, current rule of law levels also no longer support further progress in…