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Youth key driver of social change in region

Novi Sad, 24 November 2019

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic today announced to the youth of the Western Balkans that this generation of politicians in important positions is ready to change things, but that if they do not see it, they will miss the chance for joint change because politicians cannot do it alone.

Addressing the final panel of the 4th Regional Conference of Young Leaders in Novi Sad, Brnabic said that more critical thinking is needed to look at and understand how much the countries of the region have changed in the last five to six years.

In that regard, the Prime Minister recalled the invitation of then Prime Minister, now President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, to Albanian counterpart Edi Rama to come to Belgrade, which was the first time the Prime Minister of Albania to visit Serbia.

Both politicians have made great strides and made tectonic changes that seem natural to us today. We need to understand what changes have happened in the last five years and continue to change our countries, Brnabic said.

Also, as she pointed out, the Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev also made changes by accepting the changes of the country's name, thus opening some new doors.

According to Brnabic, in the Western Balkans countries too much attention is paid to what is happening within the EU, that is, much more than what is happening in their own countries and what is needed to change in order for young people to stay, and some returned.

Regional stability is the only answer to make the region stronger, more attractive for young people to stay, said the Prime Minister, stressing that she does not believe that without young people we can decide for ourselves what we need to change in order to stay.

She expressed her belief that all the Western Balkan countries would one day be EU members, she suggested that at present the Union has its problems, and until the whole region is integrated it is necessary to deal with itself and implement reforms.