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European Commissioner Hahn: Europe will either export stability or import instability

by AI | 21.Jun 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The last element in his future perspective is nothing other than – expansion.

European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources Johannes Hahn in Vienna, 20.06.2024. (Photo FENA)

Vienna (Fena) – European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources Johannes Hahn said in Vienna that Europe will either export stability or import instability, reports the Fena correspondent.

– When I was the Commissioner for Enlargement, I said we will either export stability or import instability. I think this is more valid than ever and it should guide us Europeans – said Hahn, speaking about the enlargement process, which gained new momentum after Russia’s aggression on Ukraine, at the Annual Forum of the EU Danube Region Strategy.

According to him, now is the time to take advantage of this new momentum. As he added, it is in the interest of ”us Europeans to have stability in our neighborhood. And stability can only be achieved if there is prosperity”.

– Prosperity means well-being for our citizens, our people, opportunities for business, the possibility for investors to go to the region to create jobs, to invite people to return, because one of the big problems of the region is brain drain. And we will not be successful if we do not work in a sustainable way. I think we have several levels that are crucial to generating prosperity – said Hahn.

The last element in the future perspective for him is nothing else but – enlargement.

– And enlargement is something in which both sides need to play. The European Union, the member states must engage when our partners meet the conditions. We must then respond positively, not delay things – said the Commissioner. Therefore, he asks his colleagues in the European Commission and the member states of the EU to engage in topics related to future enlargement.

In the end, he said he expects key players in the region to refrain from ideas that everyone wants to ‘become bigger’.

– Big this, big that. I don’t want to name names. In the future European Union, all these ideas are obsolete, because when you are a member of the European Union, it doesn’t matter if your country is somewhat bigger or smaller – we are all united in diversity. We need to work on that – concluded Hahn. (20.6.)