French Minister Boone: EU to define the kind of enlargement mechanism that would work
PARIS – Member states have until the end of 2023 to define the kind of enlargement mechanism that would work for countries looking to access...
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Macron and Scholz wrote to Vučić: Speed up dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia
by EWB
PARIS / BERLIN – Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić received a joint letter from French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Presidency announced Sunday, N1 reported....
Government of North Macedonia receives a new French proposal
by EWB
SKOPJE – The Government of North Macedonia announced in a press release today that it had received a proposal from the French Presidency with ideas...
Bulgarian conditions to lift the veto – “a poisoned chalice” for North Macedonia
by EWB
BRUSSELS – If North Macedonia accepts the French proposal to lift the Bulgarian veto on the country’s EU accession talks, “it would lock the country...
Macron attempts to mediate dispute between Skopje and Sofia, which faces further challenges
by EWB
PARIS / SKOPJE / SOFIA – President of France Emmanuel Macron spoke last evening with the Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and with the Prime Minister...
WB2EU conference on the politics of enlargement in France in Paris on 19 and 20 May
by EWB
PARIS – “Western Balkans to EU” Network (WB2EU) will organize an event on the politics of EU enlargement in France in Paris on 19 and...
Macron’s European Political Community: What would it mean for the Western Balkans?
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Conference for the Future of Europe on 9 May, President of France Emmanuel Macron proposed an idea of...
Macron says EU accession of WB must continue, proposes European Political Community
by EWB
STRASBOURG – President of France Emmanuel Macron said in yesterday’s speech that the EU accession process of the Western Balkan countries must continue and that...
Can the war in Ukraine lead to a faster EU integration of the Western Balkans?
The war in Ukraine has gotten the talk of accelerating the EU integration of the Western Balkans going. After two months, however, the talk has...
[EWB Interview] Cvijić: Paris seems to have realised that Western Balkan enlargement does not affect internal politics
The opening weeks of the French Presidency of the Council of the EU have featured, among other things, the Western Balkans, with President Emmanuel Macron stressing...