Tuesday, February 6, 2018

COUNTRIES STILL WANT TO JOIN THE EUROPEAN UNION

STRASBOURG/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union sought on Tuesday to reinvigorate the membership ambitions of six Balkan states and reclaim the region as its own amid growing Russian and Chinese influence, setting 2025 as a goal for Serbia and Montenegro to join. 
Partly symbolic to breathe life into the bloc as Britain prepares to leave, the European Commission set out a strategy to bring Western Balkan nations into the fold if they meet required reforms, marking a change after years of fading interest.


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