site.btaEU Enlargement Is Strategic Investment in Common Security, Says Denitsa Sacheva

Denitsa Sacheva, Chair of the Labour and Social Policy Committee in Parliament and Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), wrote on Facebook Thursday  that the enlargement of the European Union is a strategic investment in common security and this also means expanding the zone of peace. Sacheva is participating in the Interparliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and. Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence in Copenhagen.

As a member state from Southeast Europe and the Black Sea region, Bulgaria consistently supports the European future of the countries of the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership, Sacheva added.

“We must clearly define our common European interests in the areas of security and competitiveness and explain them to as many people as possible in the EU and the countries that want to become part of it,” Sacheva wrote.

The accession process must be based on the principle of merit, the fulfillment of membership criteria, and the understanding that certain commitments must be made and fulfilled in exchange for membership, she added, noting that only in this way can the enlargement of the Union have a lasting impact on the geopolitical orientation and civilizational affiliation of the candidate countries.