And it has also proved a useful stimulus to reforms, offering the "carrot" of European integration to governments willing to fulfil EU conditions, rather than just the "stick" which hung over talks with Brussels in the past.
Taj proces pokazao se korisnim i kao podsticaj reformama, nudeći "šargarepu" evropske integracije vladama voljnim da ispune uslove EU, a ne samo "štap" koji je visio nad pregovorima sa Briselom u prošlosti.