2018年对西巴尔干国家的入盟进程来说是重要的一年。2月获得通过的欧盟西巴尔干扩大战略向这一地区的国家展现了加入欧盟的乐观前景，并给出了大致的时间框架。然而在5月的欧盟—西巴尔干索非亚峰会和7月的“柏林进程”伦敦峰会上，欧盟虽然也表达了欢迎西巴尔干入盟的积极态度，但是法国和英国对于欧盟的扩大重申了谨慎而保守的立场。在看见过曙光，经历过减缓后，西巴尔干的入盟进程在2018年似乎没有取得重要的进展。
2018 was an important year for the Western Balkans’ EU accession. The EU’s Western Balkans Enlargement strategy，which was adopted in February，has promised positive prospects for EU accession and gave a rough time frame. However，at the EU-Western Balkans Sofia Summit in May and the “Berlin Process” London Summit in July，France and the United Kingdom reiterated cautious and conservative position towards the expansion of the EU，although the EU also expressed its positive attitude of welcoming the Western Balkans to the Union. After experiencing hope and slowdown，the Western Balkans’ EU accession process did not seem to have made significant progress in 2018.
