EU and Balkans have launched the Alliance to negotiate to focus on geopolitical competition

Xinhua News Agency, Brussels, July 20 (International Observation) EU and Balkans launched the Alliance to negotiate geopolitical competition

Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Ke Zhang Yadong

On the 19th, the European Union officially opened negotiations with Albania and North Malaysia in Brussels. Analysts believe that at the time of the upgrading of the situation in Russia, the European Union is stepping up its layout in the Westbargan region through geopolitical considerations to reduce Russia's influence in this region. However, due to harsh conditions and cumbersome procedures, entering the alliance is still far away for these countries.

Historical obstacles cleaned

Northern Maleton and Albania became EU candidates in 2005 and 2014, respectively. According to the European Union rules, as long as one member country opposes, the negotiations of the alliance cannot be officially launched. Northern Malaysia encountered the opposition from Greece and Bulgaria.

Greece had previously opposed the Northern Malaysia to join the Alliance because of the controversy of the country. Northern Macedon was originally named Macedonia. In 1991, the Constitution was named "The Republic of Macedonia" that was determined by Yugoslav's independence. Greece believes that the country's name implies that Macedonia has territorial requirements for Greek Macedonia. In February 2019, Macedonia officially changed its name to "the Republic of North Macedonia".

Bulgaria's opposition to the Northern Malaysia entered the Alliance because there are differences between the two countries in terms of language, culture, history, and national recognition. Bulgaria believes that Macedonian is a dialect of Bulgarian, and the people of the two countries enjoy a common history, while North Malayson does not agree with this statement. At the end of June this year, French President Macron proposed during the NATO Madrid Summit that both Malaysia and Bulgaria should make compromises. Among them, Northern Malaysia should promise to amend the Constitution and acknowledge the existence of the domestic Bulgarian ethnic minorities and take measures to protect their rights. Essence On July 16, the North Malaysia Parliament voted to approve the French proposal to clear the final obstacles to open the negotiations of the Alliance.

Focus on geopolitical competition

Some analysts pointed out that the process of entering the Alliance with Albania at this time has made breakthroughs at this time, which has a lot to do with the situation of Russia and Ukraine. The EU has a geopolitical consideration.

The geographical location of the Balkan Peninsula is important, the nation and religion are complex, and the conflict in history is constantly known as the "European gunpowder barrel." Russia has a strong influence in the Balkans due to geography, ethnicity, culture and other reasons. As early as 2003, the European Union listed the country and regions of the Westbargan as a priority target for continued expansion, and in 2018, it was aimed at the expansion strategy against the Westbargan region. However, affected by the British "Brexit" and the refugee crisis, whether the EU continues to expand and the pace of expansion has appeared more controversy, Westbargan's expansion plan is hindered.

The upgrade of the Russian and Ukraine has changed this situation. Since March of this year, the EU's Sibergan expansion plan has been significantly accelerated. EU's senior representatives of Foreign and Security Policy Berrey visited North Malaysia, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina in March. In the meantime, he said in an interview program that Russia's influence in the region is increasing. It is now a critical moment when the EU expands the process. The situation in Russia sounded the alarm to the European Union.

Entry alliances are far away

Next, Albania and North Malandon need to negotiate with all EU member states one -to -one, and also reforms in accordance with the requirements of the EU. This means that the two countries must meet the complex standards of politics, economy, society, and justice. The difficulty is not small, and the duration of the negotiations in the alliance may not be short.

Some analysts believe that the European Union launched the negotiations between the two countries at this time, intending to release the signal of the EU's active expansion of the EU, while increasing the sense of presence of the EU while reducing the influence of Russia. But in fact, entering the alliance is still far away for these countries and regions.

Demitki International Peace Foundation European Center visiting scholar Dimitel Bachev wrote that the incident of the EU dynamic schedule for the EU, but it is not priority, the European debt crisis, the refugee crisis, the new crown epidemic Waiting for difficult things one after another, this allows the European Union to pay more attention to their "inside the yard".

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