Officials from European countries sought to reassure Western Balkans nations that are hoping to join the European Union that the bloc still looks favorably on their aspirations.
Michael Roth, the German minister of state for Europe, on July 4 said Berlin supports the accession process of all the six regional countries “because for us, the Western Balkans is not the backyard of the European Union, but the inner courtyard.”
“We are all responsible for ensuring that the prospect of EU accession remains concrete,” he said, speaking during a Western Balkan summit in the Polish city of Poznan.
See at: https://www.rferl.org/a/europe-reassures-western-balkans-eu-membership/30038129.html
