EUROPEAN COUNCIL / Enlargement

Tusk and Juncker strongly denounce leaders' opposition to opening EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania

Brussels, 18/10/2019 (Agence Europe)

The Presidents of the European Council, Donald Tusk, and of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker, had very harsh words on Friday 18 October about the inability of European leaders to give their unanimous agreement to the opening of accession negotiations with Skopje and Tirana (see EUROPE B12351A4).

A non-decision that the two presidents described as a "historic mistake". "It's not a failure, it's a mistake, I'm embarrassed (...) The two countries passed their exams, I can't say...