In the Italian Senate on the Western Balkans’ EU accession

Bivši predsednik Borut Pahor, ustanovitelj in direktor Zavoda Prijatelji Zahodnega Balkana, je danes na povabilo senatorke Tatjane Rojc in senatnega odbora za Balkan v rimskem senatu nastopil s predavanjem ‘Zahodni Balkan in njegova pot v EU’. Govoril je o potrebi po hitrejši širitvi Evropske unije in “paketni vključitvi” držav z Zahodnega Balkana ter pri tem posebej opozoril na tveganja, ki bi jih lahko regiji in uniji prineslo predolgo odlašanje s sprejemom Srbije v EU.

Former President Borut Pahor, founder and director of Friends of the Western Balkans, delivered a lecture today at the invitation of senator Tatjana Rojc and of the Senate Committee on the Balkans in the Italian Senate. His address, titled ‘The Western Balkans and Their Path to the EU’, emphasized the need for a faster enlargement process and advocated for a “package accession” of Western Balkan countries into the EU. Pahor specifically highlighted the risks of prolonged delays in Serbia’s EU membership, warning of potential consequences for both the region and the European Union.