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Dr. Erhard Busek, Stability Pact in South East Europe

Dr. Erhard Busek, Stability Pact in South East Europe

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04 Nov 2003

Dr. Erhard Busek, Stability Pact in South East Europe

About the Speech:

Dr. Busek, Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, briefed the Balkans Group on the Stability Pact\'s role and on-going challenges in the region. Dr. Busek stressed the interdependence of economic development and political solutions, emphasising that the EU should adopt a regional approach to difficulties in the Balkans. Although he noted three continuing \"hotspots\" - the status of Kosovo, the union of Serbia and Montenegro and the border situation in FYR of Macedonia - he outlined four distinct positive outcomes of the Stability Pact. These were: democratisation, the adoption of European-style legislation, the negotiation of Free Trade Agreements, and attempts to tackle organised crime. Finally, Dr. Busek emphasised that the prospect of EU and NATO membership sends a positive message to the region and makes the remaining challenges surmountable.

About the Speaker:

Erhard Busek is a politician from the Christian-conservative People's Party (ÖVP). At present he is Coordinator of the South-Eastern Cooperative Initiative (SECI) and Chairman of the Institute for Danube Region and Central Europe among other things.

Busek was chief of the party and Vice-Chancellor of Austria in the coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Austria with the People's Party between 1991-1995 and was an important reformer of the Austrian Universities. From January 2002 until June 2008 Busek served as Special Co-ordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, the final person to hold the position.

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