Scholz: It is in Germany's interest to join the EU

Speaking in Parliament ahead of a one-day bloc summit in Brussels, Scholz welcomed the revival of EU accession talks of six Western Balkan countries in recent months and the decision this week to grant Bosnia candidate status.

The “is in our German and European interest for the rest of the Balkans to become part of the European Union,”, he told lawmakers in Berlin.

Scholz also praised the decision to allow Croatia to join the European travel zone without identity checks, and said Bulgaria and Romania should be “s soon follow”.

Austria has so far blocked the two countries' bid to join the so-called Schengen zone.

We remember that President Vjosa Osmani, Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Chief Parliamentary Glauk Konjufca today have signed the Kosovo membership application in the European Union.