António Costa leads the adhesion of the European Union in the Balkans on a tour of six countries
propagandaEuropean Council Chairman, Antonio CostaThe nominated countries require that they enter the European Union that they adhere to their reforms to accelerate their adhesion. It also undertakes to ensure a new motivation by the European Union To restart their operations.
In the coast center, which He will travel this week in six western Balkan countriesThere is a need for Brussels not to lose strategic control A major region for the stability of Europe. “The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has the rushing process of Ukraine and Moldova, but it is not fair that the Western Balkans countries be transcended by these, and this will push them to advance faster with its reforms on Tuesday.
The first stop on the road map of the European Council will be Serbiaand The country decreased in a political crisis for several months. On the same day, Antonio Costa will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina. On Wednesday, May 14, it will be received by the heads of state and government Monteneal and Kosovo. The next day you will visit Macedonia del NorteAnd it will be its last scale AlbaniaWhere he will participate in the summit of the European political community planned on Friday, May 16th in Tirana, the last capital of the last.
CPE is a government government political strategy forum that brings together more than forty European countries, which was It was created in 2022 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The expansion of the European Union in West Balkan will occupy a great place on the agenda of European leaders who gathered at the CPe summit in Tirana, due to increased instability in the region.
Leaders of member states They are afraid that the external forces will be installed In an integral part of Europe. In the words of António Costa: “On the part of the European Council, there is a wide political consensus where the extension is the most important geopolitical investment that can be done for the sake of stability, peace and prosperity of all Europe, including West Balkan countries.” The President of the European Council added the following: “The European Union countries and the West Balkans participate in a common vision, because they belong to the European family. For this reason, we must work so that they can formally.”
Serbia, a major country?
The Serbian political crisis raises the European Union and NATO. Serbian President, aleksandar vučićHe was the only leader of the countries of the European Union candidates Participated in the anniversary of the end of World War II In Moscow on May 9. He was the only leader of a state member of the current European Union Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. Vicch and the latter won the boycott of the celebrations imposed against the Kremlin for Western countries. Likewise, Serbia has never joined the sanctions against Russia imposed by the European Union after the invasion of Ukraine.
For many Serbs, his country – then part of Yugoslavia – is a debtor to the Soviet Union To be released by the Red Army in 1945Therefore, the presence of Vučić in Moscow’s celebrations was not necessarily a sample of its support for the Kremlin issue in its war in Ukraine.
The government of President Vicche has been shaken Months of demonstrations in Belgrade and other cities in the country Against corruption and restrictions on political freedoms and the media that accuse the current political system.
Last week, the European Parliament called for the issue of demonstrations in Serbia. Eu Hemictycle in Strasbourg Approved by the vast majority of a non -binding report on Serbia It was written by Croatian Socialism, Tuno Picola. For Eurodiputados, despite some economic progress, Belgrade still has deficiency in the field of internal political dialogue, the rule of law and anti -corruption.
Commenting The rapprochement between the European Union and the nominated countries in common foreign policy is one of the conditions for the extension. However, he announced: “On May 9, we celebrated in Moscow with an event from the past. The future of Serbia in Europe.”
On the crisis of the Serbian political system, the students’ demonstrations and criticism of the European Parliament, Costa remembers that three weeks ago he participated in a working meeting with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der LinAnd vučić itself, where the latter’s commitment was “very clear about the formation of a new government and the approval of three basic reforms: Electoral Law, Freedom of Press and Anti -Corruption“In this regard, the European Council president wanted to emphasize that” the extension is first and foremost a process of internal reform. “
What is the evaluation of the adhesion of the European Union of Balkans?
European institutions generally indicate 2030 As the main date of first joining the European Union, especially those in Albania, Montenegro and Serbia. but, Brussels already talks about Albania and Montenegro. “I do not have a fixed history. Why in 2030 and why was it not before? The adhesion of a process based on advantages. If the two countries are implementing reforms, they can adhere to before 2030?” “But it is clear that the advantages that can change. Albania and Montenegro are more advanced than other countries.”
However, the Ukraine war has returned to the tensions in the western Balkans, especially with regard to With the case of Bosnian Kosovar. The President of the European Council announces the following: “I do not know a better incentive to overcome conflicts that are still open than this unique opportunity to adhere to the European Union. It is the best condition that I offer Western Balkan countries an opportunity for prosperity that cannot be found elsewhere.”
According to many opinion polls, Most of the Serbs lost attention to the European Union Because of the European Union’s doubts about expansion. “The most important thing is to understand the meaning of the European Union. Last week we celebrated the seventy -fifth anniversary of Shoman’s statement, the first step towards the current Union. What the European Union really built is the will to overcome history wounds,” Anwinho Costa concludes.
