The EU is pushing its enlargement policy into background; the strengthening of the front toward Russia and of investors' interests will follow in the Balkans.

At the same time, Serbia is "expected to give up Kosovo," Left Party member of the German parliament Sevim Dagdelen has told Deutsche Welle.

"The EU is in such a state that, if it had join itself now, it would have great problems to meet the criteria. The greatest deficits at the EU level are precisely the rule of law and democracy. In addition, many perceive the EU as a machine for breaking down of the welfare state. For millions of people, the promise of prosperity, that was once tied to stronger integration, no longer holds," she said, and added:

"Given all this, there is growing skepticism regarding the EU enlargement. It is being reinforced by the fact that the EU, in accession negotiations with Turkey, constantly tramples on its own criteria, so in recent years, it rewarded the decline in human rights with intensified accession negotiations. Many look at this in disbelief. This kind of behavior reduces the acceptability of EU enlargement in general."

The German MP is skeptical about whether politicians in power will bring up the topic of EU enlargement with their voters.

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