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Germany fully supports European perspective of the WB

Merkel

Germany fully supports the European perspective of the Western Balkans, WB, and countries of this region, Pobjeda daily obtained this information from the Cabinet of German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.

“As the countries’ progress reports were late, the deadline for making the decision on opening initial negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania was quite short. Before this decision, the Federal Government needs to get a consent of the Bundestag,” the Federal Government said in a statement.

In mid-June, the European Union postponed the decision on starting accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia due to some “technical reasons”, as the EU Council “had a limited time period for considering such an important issue.” Skopje and Tirana then got a new date – October this year – when the EU member states are to decide whether these countries are going to start negotiations.

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