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Balkans: Barroso, EU integration is a realistic prospect
Timing depends on reform implementation
29 August, 12:07
(ANSA) - BELGRADE - EU accession of all Western Balkan countries is a realistic prospect, but the timing of integration depends on single countries and on the speed at which the reforms will be implemented. This is what Jose Manuel Barroso, outgoing president of the European Commission, said in Berlin, speaking to reporters at the end of a conference on the European integration of the Western Balkans. Barroso, who held a press conference together with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama, pointed out the progress made by the countries of the region towards EU integration, in particular by Serbia, Albania and Kosovo, underlining that ''Croatia's example demonstrates that EU accession is possibile''. (ANSA).
