26/03/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday, 25 March, members of the French EPP delegation to the European Parliament announced that they were opposed to EU accession negotiations being opened with Albania and North Macedonia. In contrast, EPP Group Chair Manfred Weber welcomed this decision (see EUROPE B12454A31). For the French delegation, opening negotiations is “unfathomable” and “absurd” while the EU is facing the COVID-19 crisis, “which will have huge social and economic...