{"id":36401,"date":"2022-05-16T15:18:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=36401"},"modified":"2022-05-16T15:18:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:18:42","slug":"german-mfa-the-eu-should-hold-its-promises-to-albania-and-north-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/german-mfa-the-eu-should-hold-its-promises-to-albania-and-north-macedonia\/","title":{"rendered":"German MFA: The EU should keep its promises to Albania and North Macedonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The German minister of foreign affairs, Annalena Baerbock said that the EU should hold its promise to Albania and North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p>Baerbock gave this statement at the end of a meeting of the European Foreign Affairs Council.<\/p>\n<p>The German minister called for the accession talks for Albania\u2019s and North Macedonia\u2019s integration into the EU to start while emphasizing that it is \u201ccrucial for EU\u2019s security\u201d, while also being a \u201cgeopolitical issue\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to keep our promises and start accession negotiations for Albania and North Macedonia,\u201d \u2013 said Baerbock.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Especially in these times, support for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WesternBalkan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WesternBalkan<\/a> countries on their way to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU<\/a> is a key security &amp; geopolitical issue. Must stand by our promises and start overdue accession negotiations with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Albania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Albania<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NorthMacedonia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NorthMacedonia<\/a>. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABaerbock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ABaerbock<\/a> 3\/3 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p9HasavJRi\">pic.twitter.com\/p9HasavJRi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Germany in the EU (@germanyintheeu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/germanyintheeu\/status\/1526151134125121536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Albania and North Macedonia still haven\u2019t started negotiations for integration into the EU because Bulgaria has made use of its veto against Skopje.<\/p>\n<p>EU member states will have to make a decision through a unanimous vote in order to hold the first Intergovernmental Conference for these two countries \u2013 an event that marks the initiation of accession negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German minister of foreign affairs, Annalena Baerbock said that the EU should hold its promise to Albania and North Macedonia. Baerbock gave this statement at the end of a meeting of the European Foreign Affairs Council. 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