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"en.20091214.14.1-053"2
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"This week, overnight from Friday to Saturday, after more than two decades, the citizens of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro will finally again be able to enter the European Union without a visa. That will be a great day and an opportunity for celebration.
However, I would like to use this opportunity to call once again on the European Commission and the Council to do everything possible to lift the visa requirement for the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania as soon as possible. We must not allow any new divisions in the Western Balkans or lose any time, particularly to the detriment of the younger generation. It is hard to believe that the majority of young people in these countries still know nothing about the European Union.
Our responsibility is to tear down the new visa walls which came into existence in the Western Balkans after the fall of the Berlin Wall. This also goes for the population of Kosovo. The Western Balkans needs a clear European perspective. Let us not give in to unfounded fears."@en1
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