The Balkan Asset Race: Italy Risks Losing Europe’s Next Factory Floor

Executive Summary The Western Balkans’ accession process is becoming an industrial-allocation mechanism, not merely a constitutional or diplomatic project.EU–Western Balkans trade in goods exceeded €87.7 billion in 2025, with machinery, base metals, minerals, chemicals and transport equipment already dominating bilateral flows.The EU’s €6 billion Reform and Growth Facility will accelerate regulatory alignment, infrastructure modernisation and … Leggi tutto The Balkan Asset Race: Italy Risks Losing Europe’s Next Factory Floor