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🚧 7 lanes of traffic. Hours of waiting. This is not the Europe we need. I call on the European Union and all Western Balkan partners to complete Schengen enlargement on 1 January 2027. Just as Norway and Switzerland participate in Schengen without being EU members, the Western https://t.co/523RPDf5X4 #SchengenEnlargement #WesternBalkans #EUProgress #EU #NO #CH #WB

Italy is leading a coalition of European countries to block a Franco-German initiative that would admit the Western Balkans into the EU with restricted sovereignty and limited institutional rights - effectively creating second-class membership. Let’s be clear: once the principle #Italy #WesternBalkans #EUmembership #IT #FR #DE #BA

Building momentum for Enlargement Today all 🇪🇺 member states agreed to: - Open Cluster 6 for 🇺🇦 and 🇲🇩 - Close chapters 8 and 29 for 🇲🇪 - Close chapters 25, 26 and 30 for 🇦🇱 This is a clear demonstration of the importance 🇮🇪 places on enlargement during our Presidency. #EUEnlargement #WesternBalkans #EuropeanIntegration #UA #MD #ME #AL #IE

Bosnia and Herzegovina in NATO by 2027 I call on all NATO Allies to invite Bosnia and Herzegovina to join NATO in 2027. Bosnia's future belongs in the Euro-Atlantic family. NATO membership would: Strengthen peace and stability in the Western Balkans. Deter Russian https://t.co/AHS6JJFalw #BosniaNATO #WesternBalkans #EuroAtlantic #BA

Bosnia and Herzegovina in NATO by 2027 I call on all NATO Allies to invite Bosnia and Herzegovina to join NATO in 2027. Bosnia's future belongs in the Euro-Atlantic family. NATO membership would: Strengthen peace and stability in the Western Balkans. Deter Russian https://t.co/zzr5pGkyzf #BosniaNATO #EuroAtlantic #WesternBalkans #BA

The EU is set to redirect Western Balkans reform funding towards accession frontrunners - Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia - as funding risks being lost due to the missing of reform deadlines. https://t.co/0NjpeF82y6 #WesternBalkans #EUReforms #AccessionProcess #AL #ME #MK

.@Europarl_EN votes on the Kosovo Progress Report. The future of @kosovo and the Western Balkans is in 🇪🇺. But continued reforms, dialogue and regional co-operation remain essential for lasting stability and security. #Kosovo #EUEnlargement @EPPGroup https://t.co/aUeuaIbXds #Kosovo #EU #WesternBalkans #XK #EU

🇪🇺🇷🇸 ULTIMATUM TO SERBIA I support all Western Balkans in the EU by 2029. That includes Serbia. But EU membership is not an entitlement. It must be earned. If Serbia wants to avoid Project 2229 and join the European Union by 2029, it must make a clear strategic choice: ✅ #Serbia #WesternBalkans #EUMembership #EU #RS

I agree that Serbia has the greatest capacity for progress on the European path, but nowhere like in Serbia is there such a difference between the declared ambition of the authorities and the actual state in the country. About my new report on Serbia, the enlargement process in the Western Balkans, the relationship. (translated)

🔸The Western Balkans summit (05/06) was about accelerating EU enlargement 🔸Montenegro 🇲🇪 is most advanced with negotiating chapters. They have been part of eurozone & NATO for ages 🔸🇭🇺Hungary’s recent elections bring new dynamics into enlargement https://t.co/dXY5jALVB5 #WesternBalkans #EUEnlargement #Montenegro #ME #HU

Holding this Summit in the region, just six months after the Brussels meeting, is in itself a powerful message, and a clear demonstration of the EU’s continued, strong commitment to deepening engagement with the Western Balkans. As Council Presidency, Cyprus has placed the https://t.co/b62h4bk6QH #WesternBalkans #EUsummit #CyprusPresidency #EU #CY #BA #XK #ME #RS

We are building a more independent European Union. A Union that’s more secure, resilient and complete. And it will not be complete without the Western Balkans ↓ https://t.co/SDeFXLwvsi #EuropeanUnion #WesternBalkans #Security #EU #BA

On the day of the EU-Western Balkans summit, one key message stands out: 🇪🇺Europe needs an enlargement omnibus. The longer we drag out this process, the more the Union will lose credibility with accession countries. We owe it to them and to ourselves to ensure that accelerated #EUSummit #Enlargement #WesternBalkans #EU #XK #ME #BA #MK #RS #AL

Ahead of the #EUWesternBalkans Summit in Tivat, I am participating in a working dinner with European leaders. Holding this strategic political dialogue between the European Union and the Western Balkan countries in Tivat sends a strong political message to the region: the https://t.co/4i2IWpbT3G #EU #WesternBalkans #Tivat #EU #XK #ME #AL #BA #MK #RS

TIVAT 2026 €200 BILLION OVER 20 YEARS FOR THE WESTERN BALKANS @vonderleyen Europe spent hundreds of billions managing crises. Now Europe must invest in peace, infrastructure, connectivity and integration. From Thessaloniki 2003 to Tivat 2026, the Western Balkans have waited 23 https://t.co/u9xMQBKOvL #WesternBalkans #Investment #PeaceAndStability #BA #XK #ME #RS #AL

Europe must finally act strategically. @BMeinl Dear Beate Meinl-Reisinger — this is your historic, moral and strategic responsibility. Integrate: 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇦🇱 Albania 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina 🇲🇰 North Macedonia into the European Union by 2029. https://t.co/fyEw8XbEMB #EUIntegration #StrategicResponsibility #WesternBalkans #UA #MD #AL #ME #XK #BA #MK

Without the Western Balkans, the EU is not complete. Nevertheless, some countries in the region have been waiting in the European waiting room for decades. This is not only frustrating but also bad for Europe, bad for Austria. Therefore, we launched an initiative yesterday: When (translated)