The country could win recognition as an official EU candidate next year if it makes tangible progress in priority political and economic reforms, as well as full co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Zemlja bi mogla biti priznata kao službeni kandidat za EU sljedeće godine ukoliko ostvari razvidan napredak u prioritetnim političkim i gospodarskim reformama, kao i glede pune suradnje s Međunarodnim kaznenim tribunalom za bivšu Jugoslaviju (ICTY).