Lajcak and Bildt say that if the Western Balkans do not enter the EU, “non-pappers” comes to the table

In a panel of discussion titled “Geoplicalbles in the Balkans”, Lajcak and Bildt expressed concern about two so-called non-papers], one of which was circulated by the Slovenian prime minister and the other by France and Germany, though this has been denied.

When we ( The EU) created a vacuum in the region, others are coming with other ideas. If we are not serious with Plan A (EU membership for the Balkan states), other people will come with a Plan B and that's exactly what they're talking about in the first HINAx0>, Lajcak said.

Bildt agreed with these Lajcak findings:

“If Plan A doesn't work, which lost credibility for the EU, then you have Plan B, non-papers) come to the table”, he said, followed. Reporter. al.

He also described suggestions for revising borders as highly dangerous “”.

Everyone is saying they disagree with the non-participation, but all those who have dealt with the Balkans know there are a lot of people around these terms.

Bildt argued that other international players are not becoming stronger in the Balkans, but the EU is becoming weaker.

The “is not that Russia, Turkey and others are strong actors in the Balkans, but if the EU becomes weaker, others can become stronger by definition without being particularly strong”, he said.

The discussion panel was organised by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies, I SPI, and was fashioned by Tim Judah, Balkan correspondent for The Economist and president of the BIRN board.