ANALYSIS MAKE-OR-BREAK MOMENT: EU ENLARGEMENT IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE IN PANDEMIC TIMES Matteo Bonomi(Rome), Albana Merja(Tirana), Theresia Töglhofer(Berlin) and Dušan Reljic(Brussels) A policy paper produced upon the initiative of Ditmir Bushati, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Albania October 2020 Integrating the SEE6 into the EU would be a step towards achieving the EU's finalité. Ultimately, it would imply that the project of European integration has consolidated into a concrete political space with a precise bound­ary on a continental scale. If the EU wants to integrate the SEE6, it should open its structural and cohesion funds fo the SEE6, or provide zero-priced capital from other of its funding sources. The substantial increase in financial assistance should be a reward for SEE6 coun­tries´ adeaquate perfor­mance in reforms.