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Johannes Hahn, the new EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, photo by EPA/BGNES
Quality and not speed will be decisive for EU enlargement, according to Johannes Hahn, the new EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.
Hahn, as cited by the Austria Press Agency and Tanjug, explained that no new members were expected to join the EU in the foreseeable future.
He underscored that EU accession required solid preparation, stressing that quality took precedence over speed in the process.
Hahn pointed out that a new EU Member State was supposed to enjoy warm reception by European citizens instead of being perceived as a burden.
Asked to comment on the crisis in Ukraine, he declared that he intended to keep communication channels open, stressing that the ultimate goal was putting an end to the conflict and creating conditions for peaceful coexistence.
The new EU Enlargement Commissioner refused to comment on a potential Scottish secession and an ensuing EU membership application on the part of the country, warning of the negative impact of excessive speculation in politics.
As EU leaders gather for a summit on Wednesday on how to keep engaging with their Western Balkans neighbors, the bloc’s once-successful enlargement policy faces an impasse, AP reported.
European leaders organised two meetings between Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev and North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev within a few hours in Brdo, on Wednesday, the Bulgarian presidency has announced.
he future of the countries of the Western Balkans towards EU accession was the main focus of the 4th EPP Group Conference on the Western Balkans.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi will visit Bulgaria tomorrow, September 21, the BNR correspondent in Brussels Angelina Piskova has reported, citing the European Commission.
It’s in the European Union’s strategic interests to integrate the Balkan states into the bloc, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday as she urged Serbia and other countries in the region to do more on democratic reforms in order to join, AP repor
“Skopje can get an answer from Sofia in December if Bulgaria has a government with a clear mandate, but the chance of that is very small,” Vessela Tcherneva, deputy director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, a think-tank specialised in EU fore
EU countries will each have to secure guarantees worth billions of euros for the loan to Ukraine funded by frozen Russian assets, Politico’s Brussels edition reports.
Bulgaria's Minister of Defense Todor Tagarev admitted the possibility that an explosive device might have been planted on board the crashed plane in which Yevgeny Prigozhin was traveling
The European Commission has announced that it is preparing criminal proceedings against Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, and Portugal for incorrect application of the rules on the exchange of data on criminal records and the establishment of the relevant
The European Commission has started an evaluation of the Plan for Reconstruction and Development of Bulgaria, said the spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer. The document was submitted to the Commission on 15 October.
58% of Bulgarians do not support the introduction of the euro as the official currency in the country. This shows a study prepared by Trend agency specifically for the financial forum NEXT DIFI 2021, organized by b2b Media for the fifth year. The data dur
Too late Bulgaria began to explain its own position towards North Macedonia, as it should have been clear to our European partners some time ago.
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