3 minutes agoHahn: Albania is killing “to the EU, has left Serbia behind
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Commissioner for Enlargement to the European Union Johannes Hahn has now declared that Albania and Macedonia may now be the two countries which are killing “to the European Union. During an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt, Hahn said that for a long time Serbia and Montenegro have been progressive towards the EU, but now can [...]
In an interview for the German newspaper Die Welt, Hahn said it has long been Serbia and Montenegro advancing towards the EU, but now can be the other two countries -- Albania and Macedonia.
Hahn: Member states argue that EU accession of Western Balkan countries makes sense only if the six countries can be included. There is a kind of positive competition in the Balkans for who makes progress faster. For a long time, Serbia and Montenegro were the so-called <x0-murder” in the EU accession process, but now it can be Albania and Macedonia.
Hahn said that before the Balkan countries join the EU, some issues must be resolved, with Serbia and Kosovo having to find a solution to their dispute. While Bosnia and Herzegovina must change the constitution for ethnic minorities.
Hahn has called for an end to Turkey's accession negotiations in the union.
Turkey's EU membership is not realistic in the near future”, He told Hahn about Die Welt on Tuesday.
It would be more honest for Turkey and the EU to follow a new course and end accession talks”, Commissioner Hahn said.
