Central European leaders call for crisis unity
Central European leaders appealed Friday for a unified approach to tackle the global economic crisis in one of the regions of the world hardest hit by fallout from the recession.
At a regional summit in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad, host President Boris Tadic led the calls for solidarity in dealing with economic and energy issues, as well as European Union expansion.
"We cannot permit that (these matters) become a source of our division, especially in the period of crisis," Tadic said at the opening of the Central Europe Summit.
Italian President Giorgio Napoletano agreed, warning Europe as a whole was threatened by disunity over the issues of economy, energy and enlargement of the 27-nation EU bloc.
"Without cohesion, consistency and unity, Europe is bound to become less and less relevant on the international scene," Napoletano said, stressing the economic crisis served as a "litmus test.”
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