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Brussels/Ljubljana – The Slovenian candidate for European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos efficiently handed the listening to on the Overseas Affairs Committee (Afet). In the course of the three-hour listening to, she highlighted assist for Ukraine as an absolute precedence, however was additionally the goal of allegations concerning her political previous. She described the enlargement and reform of the union as a strategic necessity.
A bigger and reformed EU is a strategic necessity, Kos emphasised in her presentation. She assured that within the occasion of affirmation as commissioner, her main purpose could be to offer assist to international locations wishing to affix the EU.
In keeping with her, for the primary time in ten years, an actual chance exists that we’ll deliver one or two international locations to the top of the negotiation course of. Accession negotiations with Montenegro could possibly be accomplished by the top of 2026, and with Albania by the top of 2027, she mentioned.
She additionally introduced shut cooperation with Kyiv in bringing Ukraine nearer to the union. Kos, who can even oversee help to Kyiv as commissioner, careworn that European financial, navy, and political assist not solely helps Ukrainians but in addition defends your complete European continent and the world order based mostly on worldwide regulation and multilateralism. She introduced that, if confirmed, she would go to Ukraine instantly after taking workplace.
The listening to was additionally marked by accusations of previous collaboration with Yugoslav secret providers, which Kos strongly denied. She additionally rejected the declare that she comes from the circle of former President Milan Kučan and the Mayor of Ljubljana Zoran Janković, who’re mentioned to be near Russian President Vladimir Putin.
She was congratulated for a profitable listening to and affirmation earlier than the committee, amongst others, by Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob and President of the state Nataša Pirc Musar. (November 7)
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