Motion for a resolution by the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Submitted by: Louisa Slort (NL), Tara Dhadwal (NL), Hashim Khalid (NL), Rebekah Tewelde (NL), Tiana Stiekema (NL), Tin van der Voort (NL), Zofia Wawrzyniak (PL), Katarina Mazzini (Chairperson, SI)
The European Youth Parliament,
- Acknowledging the lower economic performance of the Western-Balkan region and their currency instability,
- Pointing out the fact that the process of accession of the Western-Balkans is a not a priority for the European Commission,
- Recognising the phenomenon of nationalism in Western-balkans countries which increased their anti-EU approach,
- Alarmed by the generalistic and not regional-based approach of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP),
- Profoundly concerned by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the tension at the Kosovo-Serbian border and the Azeri-Armenian conflict,
- Aware of the lengthy process behind the accession process that might result in democratic stagnation and anti-EU beliefs,
- Advises the European Investment Bank (EIB) to aid the worse economically performing neighbours in the Western Balkan region by investing money into foreign markets and providing financial assistance;
- Invites the European Council to prevent further eruption of conflict by giving higher priority to Western Balkans accession;
- Proposes to the Western Balkan states to promote the benefit of EU Membership and the support of democratic movements;
- Calls upon the United Nations to solve the conflict in Ukraine by mediating and negotiating between the parties;
- Advises the Council to mediate negotiations by threatening with sanctions if the respective conflicts escalate between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Serbia and Kosovo;
- Encourages Member states to help the Member States struggling most with high migration fluxes by providing the conflict areas with humanitarian military aid;
- Demands the European Commission to allow for deeper regional cooperation and rapid impact management by reviewing the ENP;
- Advises the European Commission to adopt a stage accession model1 by implementing a cluster-based process.