“We desperately need the message that all Western Balkan countries have a place in the EU”, said Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic after an informal dinner for the 6 Western Balkan leaders in Brussels.
He said this commenting on a recent statement by French President Emanuel Macron, who proposed the formation of a European Political Community for countries that have the status of candidates for membership in the European Union or want to apply for it.
“It simply an important statement. So, it is not just about the current presidency of the European Union by France, but about the statement made by the president of one of the largest European countries and thus countries that have an extremely great influence in creating EU policy”, said President Djukanovic.
He believes that additional talks will be needed on that issue, what is exactly meant by the idea of a political community announced by President Macron.
“But regardless, it seems to me that we now urgently need a message that all Western Balkan countries have a place in the EU, and that the pace of that position will depend on only one factor – our ability to implement reforms, reach standards, and that by further affirming the policy of the regatta, we will each use our chance depending on our abilities. I’m not worried about that, it will develop healthy competition in the Western Balkans, and I am sure that it will ultimately lead to the membership of all countries in the EU in the not-so-distant period”, President Djukanovic pointed out.
