{"id":27894,"date":"2021-12-21T11:37:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T10:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=27894"},"modified":"2021-12-21T11:37:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T10:37:37","slug":"zaev-open-balkan-is-a-spur-to-stop-being-hung-up-on-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/zaev-open-balkan-is-a-spur-to-stop-being-hung-up-on-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Zaev: Open Balkan is a spur to stop being hung up on the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Macedonia\u2019s PM, Zoran Zaev, declared during today\u2019s Summit in Tirana that the Open Balkan initiative is a way to leave Balkans\u2019s turmoiled past behind.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, thanks to this initiative, countries of the Western Balkans won\u2019t \u2018remain hostage to the European Union\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we got together with Vucic and Rama and created this initiative, we showed that our countries wouldn\u2019t be kept hostage to the integration process. This process can be halted in Brussels, but Europeanism can\u2019t,\u201d \u2013 said North Macedonia\u2019s PM.<\/p>\n<p>Zaev also admitted that this would be his last participation due to the recent development in the Macedonian government.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he also emphasized the importance of the Open Balkan initiative and made an open call that this initiative can be defended and that it can grow because this is the \u2018right way to the EU\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>North Macedonia\u2019s PM underlined that one of the agreements signed today regarding free access to the job market is one of the most successful landmarks of Open Balkan.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Zaev said that by now, EU member states have come to realize that this initiative has many positive aspects, which is why it is a spur to work harder in the best interest of citizens and economies of participating countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/21\/rama-open-balkan-is-an-aspiration-be-a-part-of-this-endeavor\/\">Rama: \u2018Open Balkan\u2019 is an aspiration, join us in this endeavor \u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/21\/open-balkan-these-are-the-5-agreements-to-be-signed-into-law-by-rama-vucic-and-zaev\/\">\u2018Open Balkan\u2019 \u2013 These are the 5 agreements to be signed into law by Rama, Vucic and Zaev<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/20\/berisha-open-balkan-seeks-to-instil-serbian-russian-hegemony-in-the-balkans\/\">Berisha: \u2018Open Balkan\u2019 seeks to instill Serbian-Russian hegemony in the Balkans<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Macedonia\u2019s PM, Zoran Zaev, declared during today\u2019s Summit in Tirana that the Open Balkan initiative is a way to leave Balkans\u2019s turmoiled past behind. According to him, thanks to this initiative, countries of the Western Balkans won\u2019t \u2018remain hostage to the European Union\u2019. \u201cWhen we got together with Vucic and Rama and created this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":27895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zaev: Open Balkan is a spur to stop being hung up on the EU - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/zaev-open-balkan-is-a-spur-to-stop-being-hung-up-on-the-eu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zaev: Open Balkan is a spur to stop being hung up on the EU - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"North Macedonia\u2019s PM, Zoran Zaev, declared during today\u2019s Summit in Tirana that the Open Balkan initiative is a way to leave Balkans\u2019s turmoiled past behind. 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