7 hours agoTusk rages on Albanians: Says the EU would eagerly accept another state inside
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Donald Tusk, former president of the European Council, has said there would be great enthusiasm in the EU if Scotland applies to re-enter after a possible independence. A statement that will be very painful for Kosovars, Albanians, Macedonians, Serbs, Montenegrins and Bosniaks. In these statements that will also spur [...]
In these statements that would spur even more Nicola Stormon's campaign for a second referendum, Tuski told the BBC that he had great sympathy for the desire of many Scottishs to re-enter the European Union after Brexit, The Guardian writes.
I want to stop myself from saying something too open. Sometimes I feel like I'm Scottish. I'm very Scottish now, especially after Brexit,” he said.
“Emotionally, I have no doubt that anyone would have been enthusiastic here [in the EU], in Brussels and throughout Europe, but we still want treaties and formalities. But if you ask me about our emotions, I think there's a genuine feeling. You'll only see empathy.
Scotland voted by 62 percent for Great Britain to remain in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, but English citizens had thought differently.
Such a statement is very encouraging to the citizens of Kosovo and other Western Balkan countries who in recent years have been treated with much contempt by senior EU officials.
In addition, Kosovo citizens continue to remain the only ones in Europe still facing the visa regime. Meanwhile, the EU recently decided not to open formal EU entry negotiations either for Albania and North Macedonia, even though the latter had changed its name after a 20-year long conflict. /Periscope
