Summary: 4 October 2007, Brussels - The European Union welcomes the recent political development in Burundi, and the harmonious atmosphere which seems to reign there. The President's address to the nation on 27 September lays the foundations for open and inclusive exercise of power, for the benefit of the whole of the Burundian people. The European Union therefore calls on all the political partners in Burundi to respond favourably to this development/message from the Head of State, to enable the institutions to work legitimately and efficiently.
The European Union hopes that the new foundations which have been laid will enable the Parliament and the Government of Burundi to rise to the pressing challenges of good economic governance. They should also encourage Palipehutu-FNL to rejoin the institutions set up by the agreements of 7 September 2006 without delay.
The Candidate Countries Turkey, Croatia* and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*, the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and the EFTA countries Iceland and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia align themselves with this declaration.
* Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.
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