BRUSSELS, May 31 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a new plan to accelerate the integration of the Balkan states into the EU against the backdrop of another round of tensions in the Balkans. a new initiative… This is a new growth plan for the Western Balkans. We must bring these countries closer to the integration into the European Union,» she said at a security conference in Slovakia.
According to her, the EU wants to European Union — ed.), achieved in recent months». “But we also intend to provide some of the benefits of EU membership today,” added von der Leyen.
She explained that the plan provides for greater involvement of the region's states in the EU single market, deepening regional economic integration, accelerating the reform process and an increase in the amount of funds allocated by the EU to candidate states before joining the union.