{"id":301,"date":"2017-06-08T12:02:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T12:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrbusinessmonitor.eu\/?p=301"},"modified":"2017-06-08T12:12:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T12:12:48","slug":"european-commission-supports-western-balkans-single-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrbusinessmonitor.eu\/index.php\/2017\/06\/08\/european-commission-supports-western-balkans-single-market\/","title":{"rendered":"European Commission Supports Western Balkans Single Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy, Johannes Hahn, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jutarnji.hr\/vijesti\/svijet\/povjerenik-eu-podrzao-vucicevu-ideju-mozda-se-to-nekome-nece-svidjeti-ali-srbija-ima-kljucnu-ulogu-jer-je-najveca-u-regiji\/6206146\/\">supported <\/a>the idea floated by the new Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, about creating a single market in the region. Mr Hahn believes this would improve economic efficiency of the region with 20 million inhabitants. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Hahn stressed that this initiative cannot derail European integration of countries in the region. Au contraire, \u201cthis is about preparing the region for accession to the Union and the single market, so the idea makes a lot of sense\u201d. \u201cThe fragmented region is not particularly attractive to foreign investors, but creation of a common market would only increase this attractiveness. This means new jobs, new opportunities.\u201d Hahn estimated that there are unused potentials in the region and that the rate of growth exceeds that of the EU, so it is \u201cimportant to remain focused on that\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">He also noted that the Berlin Plus, a new German plan for Western Balkans, is not a substitute for EU membership, but that it \u201cdemonstrates firm commitment of the EU, and Germany in particular, to further investment and engagement in the region.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Vu\u010di\u0107 offered Serbia\u2019s gratitude for any and all assistance granted by the EU, and reminded that the EU is Serbia\u2019s largest trading partner accounting for 67% of all Serbian exports. He raised the idea of a single economic area because \u201cwe are all small\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The EC is expected to open two more chapters in Serbia\u2019s accession negotiations next week when the negotiators meet in Bruxelles.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy, Johannes Hahn, supported the idea floated by the new Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, about creating a single market in the region. Mr Hahn believes this would improve economic efficiency of the region with 20 million inhabitants. Hahn stressed that this initiative cannot derail European integration of countries in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrbusinessmonitor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrbusinessmonitor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrbusinessmonitor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrbusinessmonitor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrbusinessmonitor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrbusinessmonitor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302,"href":"https:\/\/hrbusinessmonitor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrbusinessmonitor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrbusinessmonitor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrbusinessmonitor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}