05/07/2021 (Agence Europe) – The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, on Monday 5 July at the Western Balkans Summit of the ‘Berlin Process’, underlined the Commission’s commitment to cooperation with the region and its support for its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic (see EUROPE 12575/10). “Our first priority is to achieve a faster implementation of the enlargement agenda for the whole region and to help our partners in the Western Balkans to carry out the necessary reforms to move forward on the European path”, Ms von der Leyen said, according to a Commission statement. Mr Várhelyi highlighted the importance of the region establishing a regional common market based on EU rules (see EUROPE 12738/26). (CG)