macedonia it s only a little bit around four thousand six hundred by comparison e.u. member states have an average g.d.p. of thirty two thousand seven hundred euros annually about eight times higher. then there s the widespread corruption coupled with organized crime and money laundering but what are the alternatives for the region russia turkey and china are all trying to build their influence in the balkans that s putting pressure on the e.u. to accelerate the accession process so the pressure is on the west balkans economically fit to join the e.u. well that s what i asked analyst a douche on the ridge it. well i think that most of the countries which previously joined the you were actually not fit to join the e.u. it s a process of catching up for the conference of the worst some bold starting point is not that favorable they had a huge wall behind them in the ninety s of the last century so the prime reason for