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Все пак, каза той, всяка страна има право да избере своя посока, "но бихме искали да окуражим всичките шест страни да се присъединят към семейство от нации и ценности, към това, което ЕС отстоява - демокрация, толерантност, либерални отворени общества, равенство между мъжете и жените, социално пазарно общество и т.н." Точно в този момент тези ценности са поставени на силно изпитание, както показва случаят в Полша.
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The accession of all countries of the Western Balkans to the EU will be a huge step towards the unification of the continent. In any case, he said, each country is free to choose its own direction, “but we would like encourage all six of them to join a family of nations and values and what EU stands for - democracy, tolerance, liberal open societies, the equality of man and women, social market society, for other standards.” At this very moment, those values are being put to a very difficult test, as the case with Poland shows. David McAllister, however, is rather optimistic, counting out all the crises the EU needs to deal with. And these are Russia’s behaviour, international terrorism, migration, instability in the southern neighbourhood, especially some states in Northern Africa and the Middle East, the problems in the euro area and especially in Greece. The fact that Great Britain, which is the third largest country in the EU in population size, the second strongest economy, and the largest military power in the EU is planning to leave also brings in an air of crisis.
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