{"id":21939,"date":"2021-10-06T16:34:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T14:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=21939"},"modified":"2021-10-06T16:34:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T14:34:56","slug":"ec-president-most-eu-leaders-have-echoed-their-support-for-the-integration-of-albania-and-north-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ec-president-most-eu-leaders-have-echoed-their-support-for-the-integration-of-albania-and-north-macedonia\/","title":{"rendered":"EC president: Most EU leaders have echoed their support for the integration of Albania and North Macedonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has declared that the majority of leaders from the 27 EU member states have expressed their stance in favor of the block\u2019s enlargement \u2013 bringing in both Albania and North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are two things we can take away from today, after hearing the debate and comments made from the leaders, the overwhelming majority have expressed their support in the process of enlargement for Albania and North Macedonia, and this includes the sceptics, which is a clear sign,\u201d \u2013 declared Von der Leyen.<\/p>\n<p>The EC president also expressed her full conviction that the dispute between North Macedonia and Bulgaria, which has hampered the integration of both Albania and North Macedonia, will soon be resolved.<\/p>\n<p>According to Von der Leyen, the \u20ac30 billion euros of investments in the region represent a clear indicator of EU\u2019s engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that we are investing \u20ac30 billion euros in the region speaks clearly of our goal. I am completely convinced that this won\u2019t only serve the Western Balkans, but that it also served the European Union and will mitigate the journey towards enlargement,\u201d \u2013 concluded the EC president.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders of 27 EU member states met today in Brdo, Slovenia with the leaders of six countries of the Western Balkans, as part of the framework of the 2019-2024 strategic agenda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/10\/06\/brdo-summit-eu-commission-vows-to-accord-e30-billion-for-the-western-balkans\/\">Brdo Summit, EU Commission vows to accord \u20ac30 billion for the Western Balkans<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/10\/06\/kurti-to-meet-vucic-in-slovenia-in-presence-of-merkel-and-macron\/\">Kurti to meet Vucic in Slovenia in presence of Merkel and Macron<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/10\/06\/to-become-europe-eu-must-continue-to-enlarge-says-kurti-ahead-of-eu-western-balkan-summit\/\">\u2018To become Europe, EU must continue to enlarge\u2019, says Kurti ahead of EU-Western Balkans Summit<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has declared that the majority of leaders from the 27 EU member states have expressed their stance in favor of the block\u2019s enlargement \u2013 bringing in both Albania and North Macedonia. \u201cThere are two things we can take away from today, after hearing the debate and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":21941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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