但进展受到了一系列西巴尔干及欧盟国家间双边政治纠纷的阻挠，这与斯洛文尼亚利用欧盟成员资格暂时阻止克罗地亚加入产生了类似的效果。
But progress has been hampered by a congeries of bilateral political disputes between Western Balkan and EU countries, similar to when Slovenia, taking advantage of EU membership, temporarily blocked Croatia’s accession.