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October 24, 2019 Plenary Sessions

Not opening the negotiations with N. Macedonia and Albania historical EU mistake

Failure to open negotiations with Northern Macedonia and Albania is a historic mistake of the European Union, Picula told a plenary session in Strasbourg.

"Failure to open negotiations with Northern Macedonia and Albania is a historical mistake of the European Union and this should be clearly repeated once again! We have once again blocked access to the start of the process for these countries due to intra-political reasons and the dilemmas of a small number of members, led by those who want to 'rebuild' Europe.

Northern Macedonia and Albania have met all the criteria we have set for them. It is unbelievable how Skopje's historical value and political courage to remove its problems with their neighbors, as well as numerous - above all, Tirana's judicial reform, have not been recognized by the EU. "

See the whole speech in the video.

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