Institutional weaknesses, widespread corruption and unreliable legal systems remain pervasive problems among EU candidate countries in the Balkans, even as regional economies move closer to the bloc's standards.
Institucionalna slabost, rasprostranjena korupcija i nepouzdani pravni sustavi i dalje su najveći problemi balkanskih zemalja kandidata za EU, premda su se gospodarstva u regiji približila standardima bloka.