Press Release: The Western Balkans on the road to the EU: consolidating stability and raising prosperity

The European Commission on 27 January 2006 adopted a Communication, entitled 'The Western Balkans on the road to the EU: consolidating stability and raising prosperity' in which it proposed to foster trade, economic development, movement of persons, education and research, regional co-operation and civil society dialogue in the Western Balkans. This came as part of the EU’s strategy to integrate the people of the region into the European mainstream. The Communication on the Western Balkans set out concrete measures to reinforce the EU’s policy and instruments, and to help the countries to realise their European perspective.

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European Commission: COM(2006) 27, The Western Balkans on the road to the EU: consolidating stability and raising prosperity, 27.1.06 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2006/com2006_0027en01.pdf

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