(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, MAY 23 - In an interview with RTL,
Nathalie Loiseau, former Minister for European Affairs in
Macron's government,said "in June there will be no negotiations"
between the EU and Albania and Northern Macedonia. In France,
she explained, "we have not changed our mind, we will be against
it, we will continue to be against it. Those countries are
geographically in Europe and we must help them, but the answer
to enlargement is no".
Loiseau, who is currently running as leader of the République
en marche (Lrem) at the European Elections, said she was the one
who blocked the opening of EU negotiations with Albania and
Northern Macedonia last June when the EU leaders decided to
postpone the accession talks.
"The enlargement is decided unanimously and last year I spent
eight hours explaining to my EU counterparts that I was against,
in full agreement with Emmanuel Macron", French former minister
said. According to Loiseau, the doors of the EU will remain
closed for Tirana and Skopje also at the next summit of European
leaders on June 20th-21st.
(ANSA).
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