The Stabilization and Association Process (SAP) for the Western Balkans was launched in 1999. Since then, the so-called Stabilization and Association Agreements (SAAs) have formed the backbone of the European Union’s Enlargement Policy in the region. The agreements encapsulate a framework for cooperation and set benchmarks for future reform, covering an expansive scope of economic, political and administrative criteria. This policy report focuses on the impact of the existing agreements purely in regard to the political aspect. The economic impacts of signing an SAA have predominantly been the focus of several studies. However, their political impacts, which are arguably more important, have been relatively unaddressed. Thus, by comparatively assessing the way in which the political system of those countries that have engaged in the SAA process has changed, the report aims at establishing a baseline against which consider the specific situation of Kosovo.