🎭 What’s missing? #Culture.
Real connection. Shared identity.
Cultural exchange isn’t a “nice extra” — it’s infrastructure for belonging.
If we want a united Europe, we need to start integrating minds, not just markets.
#WesternBalkans #EUElargement #FutureOfEurope

🕵️‍♂️ Foreign powers like Russia, China & the #Gulfstates are stepping into the gaps with opaque investments and elite-level deals.
No public tenders. No accountability.
This undermines EU values and weakens democratic foundations—before countries even join.

Far-right voices—both in the EU and the Western Balkans—gain ground when enlargement feels #inconsistent or #slow.
But not all nationalism is the same. Smaller nations need space for cultural self-preservation without being painted as threats.
The EU must make that distinction.