According to the Financial Times, the EU should not “step back” towards the Western Balkans, otherwise Russia and Turkey would “fill the gap”. The fact is that the Balkan countries start to “doubt the EU’s sincerity after waiting at the door for years”. For example, only 26% of Serbs think that the EU accession would be a good achievement, according to the newspaper.
Albanian Foreign Minister, “Together Towards European Union”
The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the EU Delegation to Albania held the Conference