Year of publication: 2026

Authors: Green Agenda Navigatorproject partners

The inclusion of electricity in the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has raised questions about CBAM’s impacts on EU-Western Balkans market integration.
But this position paper argues that electricity market integration cannot work without equal rules – it needs to go hand in hand with environmental and climate compliance. The EU must do more to ensure this, and CBAM can help to contribute.