“I think that by 2030 there will be 29 member countries, with Montenegro joining in 2028 and Albania in 2030, as I have seen with my own eyes how ambitious these two countries are in this process”, said Edtshtadler.
-Vikthor- on
OK and how about their Schengen membership, hmm?
blitzdisease on
Should, would, if’s and but’s
krneki_12312 on
Ain’t gonna happen
Xhuly on
With the current levels of corruption and drug trafficking I don’t see that happening.
Primo2000 on
I wouldnt mind but first we need to change the way voting works in EU. Singular countries cannot block everything like Hungary currently does.
Suspicious-Neat-5954 on
90% of Albanians live in eu already anyway xD
IamWatchingAoT on
This wouldn’t do anything other than increase the EU’s corruption indexes and lower its average GDP per capita
HonestlyGurlSlay on
As a fellow non-EU Western Balkan-er, I really don’t see any EU expansion in near future. They only way to keep this region from not joining Russia/China is to have a “EU Light” membership. Aka having trade and work benefits, but not EU voting and veto rights.
Viserys4 on
Albania’s membership bid *was* tied to North Macedonia’s, but NM is being a silly muggins about it and Albania will be waiting *forever* if it has to wait on NM.
My main concern is the question of how likely it might be for Albania to become another Hungary who sabotages the EU from inside. Mostly because I hardly ever hear anything about Albanian politics and so their “Kremlin Factor” is unknown to me.
morbihann on
May be they should cover the requirements first ?
Beautiful-Health-976 on
I wish them good luck!
Ace_of_H3rtz on
Why?
CyrillicUser1 on
Schengenmitgliedschaft für Bulgarien und Rumänien bitte.
Accomplished_Sky9721 on
turkey is still on their mind despite what they want you to believe
Michaelsteam on
Can we kick out hungary while we are at it?
chigeh on
Seems like Gunther Fehlinger is working his magic.
MKCAMK on
I do hope it means that Austria will support the EU reforms needed to expand the capacity to admit new members.
Haarhus_dis on
Is this for real or is it meant to start a conflict in regard to Moldova’s and Ukraine’s admission to EU?
Parazitas17 on
By an Austrian chief diplomat, don’t you mean Günther?
Ermali4 on
They just need Russia to attack them and they’ll join in 2025. Would also win Eurovision too.
rebootyourbrainstem on
I trust Austria’s reccomendations about as much as Hungary’s
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“I think that by 2030 there will be 29 member countries, with Montenegro joining in 2028 and Albania in 2030, as I have seen with my own eyes how ambitious these two countries are in this process”, said Edtshtadler.
OK and how about their Schengen membership, hmm?
Should, would, if’s and but’s
Ain’t gonna happen
With the current levels of corruption and drug trafficking I don’t see that happening.
I wouldnt mind but first we need to change the way voting works in EU. Singular countries cannot block everything like Hungary currently does.
90% of Albanians live in eu already anyway xD
This wouldn’t do anything other than increase the EU’s corruption indexes and lower its average GDP per capita
As a fellow non-EU Western Balkan-er, I really don’t see any EU expansion in near future. They only way to keep this region from not joining Russia/China is to have a “EU Light” membership. Aka having trade and work benefits, but not EU voting and veto rights.
Albania’s membership bid *was* tied to North Macedonia’s, but NM is being a silly muggins about it and Albania will be waiting *forever* if it has to wait on NM.
My main concern is the question of how likely it might be for Albania to become another Hungary who sabotages the EU from inside. Mostly because I hardly ever hear anything about Albanian politics and so their “Kremlin Factor” is unknown to me.
May be they should cover the requirements first ?
I wish them good luck!
Why?
Schengenmitgliedschaft für Bulgarien und Rumänien bitte.
turkey is still on their mind despite what they want you to believe
Can we kick out hungary while we are at it?
Seems like Gunther Fehlinger is working his magic.
I do hope it means that Austria will support the EU reforms needed to expand the capacity to admit new members.
Is this for real or is it meant to start a conflict in regard to Moldova’s and Ukraine’s admission to EU?
By an Austrian chief diplomat, don’t you mean Günther?
They just need Russia to attack them and they’ll join in 2025. Would also win Eurovision too.
I trust Austria’s reccomendations about as much as Hungary’s