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Leposava Ognjanoska Stavrovska holds a PhD in EU Law and European Integration from the Faculty of Law, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. She is a legal scholar and consultant working on EU law, with a focus on rule of law conditionality and enlargement policy towards the Western Balkans. Leposava is also a recipient of a Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Rule of Law Programme South East Europe scholarship.

Operationalising Fundamentals: Rule of Law Conditionality in the EU Growth Plan

The EU Growth Plan for the Western Balkans was introduced in 2023 as a complementary enlargement instrument designed to foster economic convergence and social development alongside the broader Europeanisation process. What distinguishes this instrument, however, is not merely its economic ambition but its method – modelled on the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Growth Plan …