Jean-Claude Juncker: European Commission will support the construction of the Pelješac Bridge

STRASBOURG, (Patria) - President of the European Commission (EC) Jean-Claude Juncker said that the European Commission will financially support the project of the Pelješac Bridge, just as we "support everything that is being done in Dalmatia."

"These are important Croatian and European projects. This project in Croatia is as important as projects in Western Europe. We must not neglect the development of new member states," Juncker said in his address to the European Parliament today in Strasbourg.

Juncker did not specify how he intends to ensure Bosnia and Herzegovina's right of access to the open sea, which is also guaranteed by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Croatia plans to build the bridge in the Bay of Neum, which would close off Bosnia and Herzegovina's only access to international waters, reports the Patria agency.