Prodi, the EU should include former Yugoslavia and Albania

"We should hurry to extend the borders of the EU to all the countries of the former Yugoslavia and Albania": this is the appeal launched by Romano Prodi, in Gorizia, on the sidelines of an event organized by the University of Trieste, with the support of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, which the former President of the Republic of Slovenia, Danilo Türk, also attended.

"Let's hurry because it doesn't involve any economic problem - he specified -; altogether, these countries represent less than 2% of the GDP of the entire Union. Political will is needed here because speeding up would also oblige us to reform the European institutions because we need to change the decision-making processes. Still, the time has come for us to do it." Prodi then spoke of the conflict in Ukraine. "It will only end with a United States-China agreement," he said. "This is because Europe is in the hands of the United States for its decision-making power and the military aspect until a European army is created." Then, talking about the migratory issue, "unless there is unity at the European level - said the former president of the European Commission - we won't be able to find a proper solution, because the Dublin agreement, which establishes that the country where the migrants arrive is responsible for them, is completely insane."

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