Periphery’s Agency and Recommendations for the EU’s Approach to the Young Population in the Periphery

This chapter lays out the conclusions of the research as carried out by the authors of the volume in Türkiye, Kosovo, Romania, Georgia, Albania and North Macedonia and argues that the “centre-periphery” dimension needs to taken into account in evaluating the perception of European integration by the public, and the young population in particular. An important finding shared by all cases of the volume and also echoed by this chapter is the predominance of the endogenous factors in shaping the perception of the European integration domestically and the need to pay attention to the periphery’s agency. The chapter concludes with policy recommendations for the policy-makers in Brussels working on the Balkans, Türkiye and the Caucasus.