EU's Hahn: Integration of Western Balkans only way to keep peace in region
N1 Info 21.12.2018 | RTK
The integration with the European Union is the only way to preserve peace in the Western Balkans, Johannes Hahn, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement has said on Friday, Kosovo’s RTK television reported.
He said he could not set a precise date for the enlargement but added 2025 was very important for the Western Balkans’ European perspective, which, as he said, the EU widely accepted. “We have to promote economic cooperation and the rule of law in the Western Balkans so that these countries can reach the EU level and have a real chance of joining the bloc,” Hahn said in an interview with the Düsseldorf-based Handelsblatt newspaper. He added that