The latest EU policies for the Western Balkans, which include a 9 billion euro economic and investment plan were discussed by Marin Lessenski, OSIS European Policies program director, in an interview for Blomberg TV Bulgaria. Lessenski discussed also the new accession rule for EU candidate countries with stricter conditionality on rule of law and fighting corruption and linking them to the provided EU funding, the plans for “mini-Schengen and regional cooperation.