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Western Balkans Summit: ‘new impetus’ for accession process


At the Western Balkans Summit in Tirana, the EU demonstrates that it is finally taking the geopolitical importance of the region seriously. In addition to a new commitment to the enlargement perspective for the six countries, there are also concrete initiatives to bind the Western Balkans more strongly to the EU.
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Stephan Israel
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The location for the summit between the EU heads of state and government and the six states of the Western Balkans alone was a first. It was “historic” that the EU was meeting outside its borders, the host and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama stressed in Tirana on Tuesday. Both sides demonstrated that they needed each other. With the first meeting in the region, “history” is being made, said EU Council President Charles Michel.

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