EU urged to return SE Europe to top of agenda

Brdo pri Kranju, 3 June - The presidents of Slovenia, Croatia and Germany have called on the EU as a whole and all member states to return Southeast Europe to the top of the political agenda as the situation in the region is deteriorating and the harsh rhetoric threatens to undermine stability, which could affect the entire EU.

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian President Borut Pahor (centre) and his Croatian and German counterparts Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (left) and Frank-Walter Steinmaier (right) address a press conference after the Brdo-Brijuni Process summit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Western Balkans presidents joined by Slovenian, Croatian and German counterparts for a family photo at the Brdo-Brijuni Process meeting:
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian President Borut Pahor (centre) and his Croatian and German counterparts Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (left) and Frank-Walter Steinmaier (right) address a press conference after the Brdo-Brijuni Process summit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju, Kongresni center Brdo.
Srečanje voditeljev procesa Brdo-Brioni.
Novinarska konferenca hrvaške predsednice Kolinde Grabar-Kitarović, predsednika republike Boruta Pahorja in nemškega predsednika Franka-Walterja Steinmaierja.
Foto: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian President Borut Pahor (centre) and his Croatian and German counterparts Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (left) and Frank-Walter Steinmaier (right) address a press conference after the Brdo-Brijuni Process summit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (left) German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (centre) and Slovenian President Borut Pahor (right) at the Brdo-Brijuni Process meeting.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (left) German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (centre) and Slovenian President Borut Pahor (right) at the Brdo-Brijuni Process meeting.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (left) German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (centre) and Slovenian President Borut Pahor (right) at the Brdo-Brijuni Process meeting.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (left) German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (centre) and Slovenian President Borut Pahor (right) at the Brdo-Brijuni Process meeting.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Western Balkans presidents joined by Slovenian, Croatian and German counterparts for a family photo at the Brdo-Brijuni Process meeting:
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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Group photo of presidents gathered for the Brdo-Brijuni Process meeting.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Group photo of presidents gathered for the Brdo-Brijuni Process meeting.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Group photo of presidents gathered for the Brdo-Brijuni Process meeting.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Group photo of presidents gathered for the Brdo-Brijuni Process meeting.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The Brdo-Brijuni Process summit; (pictured left to right): the heads of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Čović, Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Croatia's Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and Slovenia's Borut Pahor.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The Brdo-Brijuni Process summit; (pictured left to right): the heads of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Čović, Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Croatia's Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and Slovenia's Borut Pahor.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The Brdo-Brijuni Process summit; (pictured left to right): the heads of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Čović, Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Croatia's Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and Slovenia's Borut Pahor.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

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