France will do little to advance Balkan EU accession

France’s contradictory position on the Western Balkans’ EU accession will frustrate ambitions for its EU presidency

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  • Words and deeds
  • NM blocked
  • Albania held hostage
  • Some progress for Serbia
  • Montenegro stalled
  • Kosovo and Bosnia behind start-line

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