While Turkey is knocking on the EU's door, the Western Balkans are engaged in the EU Stabilisation and Association process, and Bulgaria and Romania have recently become eligible for EU membership in 2007, almost all of these countries have seats at Europe's Palace - the Strasbourg-based headquarters of the oldest intergovernmental pan-European structure.
Dok Turska kuca na vrata EU, zapadni Balkan je uključen u procese stabilizacije i asocijacije sa EU, a Bugarska i Rumunija su se nadavno kvalifikovale za članstvo u EU 2007, i gotovo sve ove zemlje imaju mesto u evropskoj palati - sedištu najstarije panevropske međuvladine strukture u Strazburu.