12/17/2025 | Press release | Archived content
European Union - Western Balkans Summit
President's News - 2025.12.17
The president defends a Europe that integrates the Western Balkans in the future, consistent with European foreign policy and values.
Brussels (Belgium)
Group photo of the EU - Western Balkans Summit (Pool Moncloa/Fernando Calvo y Pool UE)
The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, took part in the Summit with the Western Balkans, where European leaders had the opportunity to discuss the status of the candidacies of countries seeking accession to the European Union.
President Sánchez conveyed Spain's position, which considers it a geostrategic imperative to advance along the path of integration, given the current decisive global context in which enlargement represents an ambitious investment in terms of stability, prosperity, peace, and security.
Non official translation