Various Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed Monday for a gradual and accelerated EU integration of the Western Balkans. “The issue of EU expansion is a matter of security for the European and Austrian population,” said the transition Chancellor of Austria Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP).
“We export stability and security or we run the risk of importing instability.” Schaalenberg launched the “Friends of the West Balkan” group in June 2023. Members are the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Slovakia and Slovenia. They met on Monday in Rome.
Among other things, talking about the gradual integration, which should make involvement in certain policy areas possible. “It is about creating concrete and tangible benefits for people in the region and making a realistic and credible membership perspective possible,” said Schallenberg. “Without the Western Balkans, the EU is not complete”.
“Not always slippery”
“The process of European integration has not always been flexible, but today it must be promoted more than ever with courage, perseverance and caution, both within Union and to the borders, also to promote the accession of new members, such as the countries From the western Balkans, but also Ukraine and Moldova, “said President Sergio Mattarella of Italy.
According to the group, all countries of the Western Balkans should reach the European Union by 2030, especially Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and North Macedonia. It can take longer for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Source: Krone
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