Slovakia's joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
While Slovakia did not make the first round of NATO membership, as various requirements and reforms are instituted, these actions will enhance the opportunities to join NATO.
Governments must commit to sound economic and financial policies. This is how we ensure reform in the euro area - and our independence.
We need open, competitive, market economies... but at the same time with effective regulation and supervision.
We all have an equal interest in stability and security throughout Europe. The years the OSCE has existed, and particularly this year, have given rise to great expectations and at the same time to powerful disappointments.
I think it is one of the fundamentals, not only of the European Union but also of free trade, that competition is fair.
Albania, Macedonia and Greece have managed to create a good partnership in the south of the Continent and are making progress in blocking the spread of the conflict. But any spillover could destroy this European-oriented partnership and create problems for the European Union countries themselves.
The majority of decisions in Europe are done by unanimity. That's why it is important to be to have good relations with all parts.
The dissolution of the Oslo Accords would serve as the official act validating what we already know - that this failed framework is totally irrelevant in 2013.
Discussing economic reforms in Serbia is futile.
Serbia is open for business.