At his arrival to the EU-Western Balkan Summit in Sofia, Bulgaria, Antonio TAJANI, EP President, speaks to the press about Mark ZUCKERBERG's coming to the EP and about the relations with the Western Balkan.

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EU-Western Balkan Summit in Sofia, Bulgaria: arrival of Antonio TAJANI, EP President and statement

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SOUNDBITE (English), Antonio TAJANI, EP President, Mr Zuckerberg will be next week in front of the Conference of Presidents, with all the Presidents of the Groups, with President of the LIBE Committee and the Rapporteur on data protection and the President of the Conference of Committee Chairs, with Mrs Cecilia WIKSTR&Ouml;M, for a very important debate. We want to know the history and we want to know also what they want to do in the next month for the defence of European citizens. Europe is the most important market for Facebook but the problem is not only Facebook, we want to know also the position of the next platform. After this meeting with Mr Zuckerberg we will have an Hearing in front of the LIBE Committee with one of the most important leaders of Facebook but also with the leaders of others platforms because we are in favour of freedom but we need to have good rules in favour of citizen&rsquo;s rights.

SOUNDBITE (English), Antonio TAJANI, EP President, Western Balkans are a key point for us, we need to work for the stability of the region, there are many countries candidated as member of the European Union, first of all Serbia and Montenegro and the others. There are problems on terrorism, on immigration, my proposal will be a package with money, 10 billion euros for example, for more infrastructures, motorways, railways but also digital infrastructures. For this, I totally support the position of CommissionerMariya Gabrielon digital system and also I am thinking on roaming, Wi-Fi, we need to strength the position of these countries.

SOUNDBITE (English), Antonio TAJANI, EP President, I think now it is possible to achieve the agreement in 2025 with Serbia and Montenegro.