{"id":45325,"date":"2022-12-14T16:18:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T15:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=45325"},"modified":"2022-12-14T16:18:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T15:18:55","slug":"romano-prodi-for-euronews-the-western-balkans-should-be-integrated-into-the-eu-as-soon-as-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/romano-prodi-for-euronews-the-western-balkans-should-be-integrated-into-the-eu-as-soon-as-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Romano Prodi for Euronews: The Western Balkans should be integrated into the EU as soon as possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">The former president of the European Commission and the former prime minister of Italy, Romano Prodi, declared that the countries of the Western Balkans should join the European Union as soon as possible and the process should not continue to drag on. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">In an exclusive interview for Euronews Albania, Prodi said that when he was in charge of the European Commission, the union was expanded by 10 countries at the same time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;If you want to know my opinion, I&#8217;m very angry. 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