EU: Western Balkan common market could create over 80,000 jobs

European Union Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood policy, Johannes Hahn (4th R) poses next to (From L to R) Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, Montenegro’s Prime Minister Dusko Markovic, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Prime Minister Denis Zvizdic, Macedonia’s Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, and Italian Foreign Minister, Angelino Alfano (R) at the beginning of the “Western-Balkans 6” – Prime ministers meeting, in Sarajevo, on March 16, 2017. / AFP PHOTO /

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFP) — The European Union on Thursday encouraged Western Balkan countries to create a common market which it estimated could create over 80,000 jobs in an area of high unemployment.

“On a very short and medium-term perspective, this could allow.. more than 80,000 jobs in the region,” EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn told reporters in Sarajevo.

He spoke after a meeting of six Western Balkan countries’ prime ministers — Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, who all aspire to join the bloc.

Hahn hailed the leaders’ initiative to create a regional common market which he said would mean removing “barriers to allow a free flow of trade, services.”

“It’s also a strong contribution in preparation for the further integration towards the EU,” he said.

 

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