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EU Accession: Merz Warns Against Power Struggle for the Western Balkans

The Western Balkans have been waiting for many years for EU accession. Russia and China are trying to use the hanging party in their favour. The Chancellor wants to counter-tax.

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At the summit in Montenegro, MERZ said that the Western Balkans must not be a training ground for great powers, but must secure its future in the EU through reforms.

·Zagreb, Croatia
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The Western Balkans have been waiting for many years for EU accession. Russia and China are trying to use the hanging party in their favour. The Chancellor wants to counter-tax.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz says that we live in a time of geopolitical imperialism and that the Western Balkans must not become an area where great powers compete for influence. "Only a common perspective, which includes access to the single European market and the institutions of the European Union, can ensure the necessary stability for the entire region. How urgent this issue remains is shown by Russia's brutal war of aggression agains…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the Western Balkans should not become a battleground for the influence of major powers.

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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The European Union could be drawn into a struggle for influence in the Western Balkans with China and Russia.

Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) warns against the influence of non-European powers in the Western Balkans. "The Western Balkans must not become a place where great powers struggle for influence," said Merz on Thursday in Montenegro on the margins of the Berlin Process Summit. It is in a "common interest" that the path of the states in the region leads "inconvertible" to the European Union. Only this "common perspective" in the European i…

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berliner-sonntagsblatt.de broke the news on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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