EC: Bringing W. Balkans closer to EU among 2018 priorities

BRUSSELS - The EU commissioners on Wednesday identified bringing the W. Balkans closer to the EU as one of the institutional priorities for 2018.

"In the first meeting of 2018, the College of Commissioners discussed the institutional priorities for this year, a year to deliver on the reform of the Economic and Monetary Union, secure the EU's borders, overhaul the EU's asylum system, get back to Schengen, complete the Digital Single Market, and bring the W. Balkans closer to the Union," the EC said.