"China interested in region as transit toward EU"

That part of infrastructure development probably should not rely on Chinese investments, but on what the EU can offer," said Gligorov.

If private companies in the EU see some kind of profit in doing that, maybe. But the EU as an institution is absolutely broke and cannot finance large infrastructure projects like the Chinese can. The EU itself isn't actually a thing that generates money on its own, the money comes directly by complying the nation-states of Europe to pay some sort of tribute to this EU.

Only problem is, the people living in the countries that put more into the EU than take out don't want to do it any more. And besides, they can't even if they wanted to. The Chinese government is able to help the Balkans more for developing infrastructure than the EU ever will be.

That part of infrastructure development probably should not rely on Chinese investments, but on what the EU can offer," said Gligorov.

If private companies in the EU see some kind of profit in doing that, maybe. But the EU as an institution is absolutely broke and cannot finance large infrastructure projects like the Chinese can. The EU itself isn't actually a thing that generates money on its own, the money comes directly by complying the nation-states of Europe to pay some sort of tribute to this EU.

Only problem is, the people living in the countries that put more into the EU than take out don't want to do it any more. And besides, they can't even if they wanted to. The Chinese government is able to help the Balkans more for developing infrastructure than the EU ever will be.