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There’s more on North Macedonia and Bulgaria below.
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And if the leaders do decide to boycott the meeting, it’s not exactly a great advertisement of the negotiating tactics the EU can expect once they join the bloc. Reality check: Considering Serbia’s divided loyalties between the EU, China and Russia, the “empty promises” accusation could backfire. Hostage diplomacy? An Albanian official told POLITICO that leaders would not come to hear the “same old empty promises and witness how a single EU country has kidnapped two candidate countries in front of other 26 countries.” “We have decided to announce our decision tomorrow at noon on whether or not we will attend this meeting,” Vučić said Tuesday. With Bulgaria vetoing the next step in North Macedonia’s accession path to the EU, Serbia and Albania are considering expressing solidarity by boycotting the meeting.Ĭonfirmation at noon: Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić appeared to confirm the threat on Tuesday, tweeting that he had consulted with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and the Prime Minister of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovačevski about whether to attend the summit. THE WESTERN BALKANS ARE BALKING at the idea of attending tomorrow’s EU-Western Balkans summit, with the leaders of Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia threatening not to come to Brussels, four officials told Playbook. Send tips here | Tweet or | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser WESTERN BALKANS DRAMA