Von der Leyen: ‘We need to bring our friends, the aspiring members of the EU much closer to us’

“We need to bring our friends, the aspiring members of the EU much closer to us and much faster,” President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on X, Report informs.

“Glad to be in Athens to discuss the European perspective of our neighbors and partners in the East and the Western Balkans.

We will keep bringing down barriers between our regions,” she said.