MEPs from all political parties expressed their disappointment on Thursday 7 May at the statement issued at the end of the EU/Western Balkans summit the day before, which was adopted by EU Member States and endorsed by the Western Balkan countries.
At issue is the absence of the terms “enlargement” or “EU accession”. Only the “unequivocal support” of the EU “for the European perspective of the Western Balkans” is mentioned (see EUROPE B12480A10).
At the meeting of the...