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Regional cooperation strong impetus for European integration process

Novi Sad, 29 September 2021

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said today in Novi Sad that regional integration is one of the most important issues before us, because we are obliged to offer young people in the region the prospect of a better future, noting that there is no European integration without regional connections.

At the conference "Western Balkans – one region, one market", Brnabic pointed out that stronger economic cooperation between neighbouring countries and countries in the region brings a higher quality of life for all citizens.

It is high time to offer the generations that come after us a different future from the one we had, that is, to create conditions for them to create a different region. That is one of the issues that we can directly influence, Brnabic emphasised.

We all the reforms primarily because we believe in them, building stronger countries, the public administration focused on citizens and the economy, which is more a service to citizens and the economy in terms of the rule of law, the Prime Minister underlined.

According to her, those reforms are primarily because of us, and then they will bring us closer to the European Union.

However, the Prime Minister warned that the whole process of European integration, after all, depends not only on us, but also on the EU and each of its individual members.

In that sense, we see all the frustrations of our friends from North Macedonia and Albania. So, you can do whatever is required, but if there is one country in the Union that is skeptical about enlargement, that stops you. That is why regional initiatives are where we can do the most.

Brnabic pointed out that the issue of regional or European integration is not raised at all, because we need both, and regional integration will help us get closer to the EU faster and better.

Also, I think that the region in the EU is a goal for all of us, the Prime Minister said.

Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Norbert Beckmann-Dierkes emphasised that this gathering is proof that Europe lives and that the whole region lives, and that regional and economic cooperation are the best tools for de-escalating problems and conflicts.