El precedente de Grecia, que no ha sido precisamente un modelo para la adhesión, parece particularmente pertinente aplicado a sus vecinos del Norte, que padecen de forma similar tasas elevadas de corrupción y desempleo, y algunos en la UE sienten rechazo ante la aparente afinidad de la Iglesia Ortodoxa y sus adeptos con la Rusia de Vladimir Putin o ante la gran población musulmana de esa región.
The precedent of Greece, hardly a poster child for European accession, seems especially relevant when applied to its northern neighbors, which are similarly plagued with high rates of corruption and unemployment. And some in the EU are put off by the seeming affinity of the Orthodox Church and its adherents toward Vladimir Putin’s Russia, or by the region’s large Muslim population.