On Tuesday 22 February, the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, called for closer cooperation between the EU and the Western Balkan countries on migration issues.
“We need to shift our cooperation to a new dimension, shift it structurally to a long-term common strategy with the Western Balkans”, he explained at the Ministerial Conference on Return, organised by the Joint Coordination Platform in Vienna.
In his view, there is a need for sound border protection and...