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Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The European Union's special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and other Western Balkans issues, Miroslav Lajcak, says there is no alternative for the Western Balkans except integration. He expressed concern that Europe could lose the Western Balkans if the enlargement process is not accelerated. The only alternative is the full membership of these [...]
The only alternative is full membership of these countries in the EU”, said Mr. Lajcak, on Saturday at the Balkan Integration Forum under way in Podgorica.
The European Union, he added, should be sure that new members do not bring additional problems to the bloc.
And what I'm afraid of is that we can lose the Western Balkans, which is dedicated to our””, Mr. Lajcak said, adding that in the absence of alternatives, instead of creating legal states, independent media, civil society and depoliticised judiciary, there is the risk of strengthening non-liberal authoritarian tendencies.
Such a Balkans, warns Mr Lajcak, would be a change instrument for the strategic interests of other players.
This is why we have to accelerate the enlargement process. We need to see things real and how strong positive signals the region is sending to the European Union”, Miroslav Lajcak said at the Balkan Integration Forum in Podgorica.
