Juncker: Balkan countries resolve border issue before EU membership

“Bulgaria has been destined to lead the Balkan countries and participate in the enlargement process, and I always stress how Bulgaria has made progress since joining the EU, especially in the area of economics”, Juncker said, writes AlJazeera, broadcasts Kosovo.

We have to tell candidate countries our expectations of them if they want to join, because membership does not fall from heaven”, Juncker said.

All existing border conflicts between Western Balkan countries must be resolved before membership, and not, as in the case of Croatia and Slovenia, where the problem has been resolved several years after entering Be”, Juncker added. /Periscopi/