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EU framework for Albania-Macedonia negotiations in June

Varhelyi, report on Balkan progress postponed due to Coronavirus

20 May, 16:13
(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, MAY 20 - The framework for EU accession negotiations for Albania and northern Macedonia will be ready in June, said the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi.Once the EU Commission has presented the framework, it will be up to the individual Member States to approve it.Varhelyi also underlined that EU annual reports on the progress made by all six Western Balkans on the path towards European integration, usually published in May, are instead postponed to autumn due to the Covid-19 epidemic and its effects on the ability of countries to implement the reforms requested by Brussels. (ANSA).

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