The EU institutional leadership lashed out against member states for having denied Albania and North Macedonia a chance to advance in their EU membership aspirations.
"Both countries passed their exams, I can't say that about our member states," EU council president Donald Tusk told reporters in Brussels on Friday (18 October).
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker made similar statements, describing the French-led blockade against the two Balkan states as "a historic ...
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