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>.

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Friday, 18.05.2018.

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Thoughts of enlargement weaken Europe, says French president
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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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