The incoming Commission chief said Albania and Northern Macedonia had made “incredible efforts”
Granting Albania and North Macedonia a route to EU accession is"of great strategic importance" for the bloc, Ursula von der Leyen said Friday.
"Albania and Northern Macedonia have made incredible efforts to reach the point we have asked them to reach," she continued, while stressing that she will look for alternative means to strengthen ties with the countries. Speaking next to von der Leyen, Merkel said she considers it"extremely important, for strategic European interests, that these countries don't lose hope in the prospect of accession." This was also"very closely" linked to the issue migration, the chancellor added, alluding to the fact that many refugees have entered the EU in past years via the Western Balkans route.
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