As announced, the EU summit with the Western Balkan countries ended without concrete results. The blocking of the opening of negotiations with Albania and Northern Macedonia continues.
The high-level meeting between the heads of government and states of the 27 member states with the leaders of the Western Balkans awaiting membership ended on Thursday (23.04) in Brussels without concrete results. As it was understood that on Wednesday, after the overthrow of the Bulgarian government the day before, the blockade of the opening of negotiations with Albania and Northern Macedonia still continues, as a diplomat in Brussels announced after four hours of talks, writes dpa. There has been no rapprochement with Serbia on the issue of EU sanctions against Russia either. Serbia, a country that has opened negotiations with the EU, refuses to impose sanctions on traditionally friendly Russia.
Even on Thursday, the planned press conference of the President of the EU Council, Charles Michel, with the French President, Emmanuel Macron, and the President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was canceled due to time reasons. On Thursday afternoon, the heads of state and government of the EU start the EU summit, where it is about granting EU candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova./DW