As expected, Member States’ European affairs ministers failed to reach a consensus on the negotiating frameworks for the accession of Albania and North Macedonia to the EU on Tuesday, 17 November (see EUROPE B12602A6).
However, European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič explained after the EU Council met, “We are not far from an agreement on both frameworks”. According to German Minister of State Michael Roth, “all delegations expressed their support for a swift and...