7 hours agoHahn: Albania deserves opening negotiations
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Albania deserves the opening of negotiations, due to reforms carried out, especially that of the judiciary, but it still needs to solve the problems of corruption and organised crime, Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said today in an interview for the German daily”Handsblat”. “Proper non-recognition of achieved progress can have consequences [...]
The appropriate non-recognition of the achieved progress could have serious consequences for candidate countries and for the entire region as a whole. What motivation the countries of the Western Balkans must have to implement difficult reforms or resolve bilateral disputes, such as the one between Kosovo and Serbia, if they cannot move forward on the road to the European Union”, Hahn points out.
The EU's” expansion with Western Balkan countries is not only in the interest of countries in the region, but also of the union”, he added, on the eve of the Balkan leaders' summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin.
The “is not just about the peoples of Southeast Europe, but also about our interests”, he stressed.
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The Balkan countries are our neighbours and we cannot remain indifferent to their political and economic situation”, Hahn concludes for the German daily”Handelsblatt”. / A T S/
