Thoughts of enlargement weaken Europe, says French president
French President Emmanuel Macron has poured cold water on Balkan countries' hopes of joining the EU soon, <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-pours-cold-water-balkans-eu-membership-enlargement/" class="text-link" target= "_blank">Politico writes</a>.
Friday, 18.05.2018.
09:18
Thoughts of enlargement weaken Europe, says French president
According to the website, the French president's comments "come as a particular disappointment to Albania and Macedonia, which are hoping for the green light from EU leaders next month to begin talks to join the bloc, having received the thumbs-up from the European Commission in April."The article then quotes some of Macron's statements made to reporters on Thursday in Sofia, Bulgaria,
“What we’ve seen over the past 15 years is a path that has weakened Europe every time we think of enlarging it. And I don’t think we do a service to the candidate countries or ourselves by having a mechanism that in a way no longer has rules and keeps moving toward more enlargement. I am in favor of anchoring the Balkans in Europe and moving toward Europe. But I think we need to look at any new enlargement with a lot of prudence and rigor,” Macron said.
“I am not in favor of moving toward enlargement before having all the necessary certainty and before having made a real reform to allow a deepening and better functioning of the European Union," he added.
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