Slovakia supports EU enlargement

The EU-Western Balkans summit in Sofia on Thursday was not supposed to discuss enlargement, stated Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, on Thursday. According to him, the meeting should have given a clear stance for the countries of the Western Balkans that the European Union is counting on them and that it sees their future in EU membership. As Pellegrini continued, the EU must realise that China and Russia are very active in this region, so the EU should also have a major role to play in this area. Despite the fact that French President Emmanuel Macron is cautious about EU enlargement, according to Pellegrini, Slovakia will support it. In his speech, the Prime Minister asked member states and EU leaders to behave correctly to these countries, and that if they are given conditions to join the organisation, they must "see the light at the end of the tunnel".