而其他对巴尔干地区有着强大影响力的国家 — — 尤其是俄罗斯、土耳其和匈牙利（欧盟未能阻止匈牙利在维克托·奥尔班总理执政期间向威权主义逐步过渡 ）正在为西巴尔干国家提供更多的政治模式选项。
Other countries with a strong influence in the region – not least Russia, Turkey, and Hungary, where the EU has failed to prevent a drift toward authoritarianism under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán – are offering alternative political models for Western Balkan countries to follow.