W. Balkans should join EU after Croatia - Czech FM

Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg has said that after accepting Croatia, the European Union (EU) should first admit other Western Balkan countries.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 18.08.2011.

13:26

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Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg has said that after accepting Croatia, the European Union (EU) should first admit other Western Balkan countries. “Following Croatia's accession, the EU should first admit Western Balkan countries, as otherwise it nurtures a time bomb in its immediate neighborhood,” Schwarzenberg told Vienna-based daily Die Presse. W. Balkans should join EU after Croatia - Czech FM “The Balkans will not settle until we finally make the borders insignificant. This is possible only in the EU. Furthermore, with the unemployment rate of up to 60 percent we can only have social unrest there,” he pointed out. Asked whether that meant the EU should first grant membership in the European community to Serbia, and even Albania, before Ukraine, Schwarzenberg said that the Czech Republic considered Moldova and Ukraine less urgent issues. This is the main difference between the Czech Republic and Poland, which currently holds the EU presidency. “Nevertheless, the talks with Ukraine are going well, and Moldova is taking huge reform efforts. All this will take many years to complete. At some point, however, the integration into the EU will succeed,” Schwarzenberg was quoted as saying. Karel Schwarzenberg

W. Balkans should join EU after Croatia - Czech FM

“The Balkans will not settle until we finally make the borders insignificant. This is possible only in the EU. Furthermore, with the unemployment rate of up to 60 percent we can only have social unrest there,” he pointed out.

Asked whether that meant the EU should first grant membership in the European community to Serbia, and even Albania, before Ukraine, Schwarzenberg said that the Czech Republic considered Moldova and Ukraine less urgent issues.

This is the main difference between the Czech Republic and Poland, which currently holds the EU presidency.

“Nevertheless, the talks with Ukraine are going well, and Moldova is taking huge reform efforts. All this will take many years to complete. At some point, however, the integration into the EU will succeed,” Schwarzenberg was quoted as saying.

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